MuniWireless

AT&T’s Wi-Fi network in downtown St. Louis is up and running. AT&T had initially planned a citywide Wi-Fi network, but could not get it done because the light poles on which the wireless access points are to be mounted, do not have electricity 24 hours a day. So they opted instead for a smaller, more focused network.

AT&T is almost finished deploying a municipal wireless network in Riverside, California which will be used for public access and municipal applications. The city…

It took a bit of looking around online but we found a copy of the proposed access agreement in AT&T’s no-bid contract with the city of St. Louis.It took a bit of looking around online but we found a copy of the proposed access agreement in AT&T’s no-bid contract with the city of St. Louis. A story in the Houston Chronicle provides some additional details on the deployment.

The agreement give AT&T free access to city property to mount antennas and…

AT&T has negotiated a muni-wireless deployment with Napa, Calif., a city that floated no tender inviting other proposals. The company is also negotiating with St. Louis where there is also no public tender. Is this becoming a trend?This week the city of Napa, California, announced it reached an agreement with AT&T on plans to build a 12 square-mile wireless broadband network for the city.

It appears that Napa, like St. Louis which is presently negotiating a deployment with AT&T, set forth…