MuniWireless

St. Louis Park, Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against Arinc, the company it hired to deploy a citywide Wi-Fi network, for damages and attorney’s fees exceeding $1.7 million. St. Louis Park, unlike other cities deploying these networks, chose to use solar-powered Wi-Fi nodes, in a project that was considered bold and ground-breaking. Now the city is dismantling those nodes (what a waste of time and money).

Arinc says that the project is only delayed and that the city was premature in…

It’s a bit behind schedule and somewhat over budget but, by the end of the month, Minneapolis‘ muni Wi-Fi network will be a reality. And, by all reports, folks there think it’s worth the wait. The network merited its share of attention last year following the collapse of an interstate highway bridge in the city, performing data communications services for first responders after the city’s cellular service failed to deliver.

The city’s choice of private partners seems to be the “secret…

The city of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, expected to have the first green wireless municipal network in the U.S. but after two years, two pilot projects, and numerous delays, the city is poised to declare its provider in default of its contract and may haul them into court.The city of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, expected to have the first green wireless municipal network in the U.S. but after two years, two pilot projects, and numerous delays, the city is poised…

St. Louis Park in Minnesota planned to take its municipal network green with 400 solar-powered access points. Now it is painting the poles on which they’ll be mounted brown to address residents’ concerns about their appearance.St. Louis Park in Minnesota planned to take its municipal network green with 400 solar-powered access points. Now it is painting the poles on which they’ll be mounted brown to address residents’ concerns about their appearance.

Last month we reported on the rising public resistance to…

St. Louis Park in Minnesota hoped to be the first city in the U.S. to deploy a municipal wireless network powered solely by the sun. Energy efficient? Yes. But residents said “no.”St. Louis Park in Minnesota hoped to be the first city in the U.S. to deploy a municipal wireless network powered solely by the sun. But residents are not happy with the big silver solar panels handing on city street poles and the city has pushed back the deployment…