MuniWireless

Statesboro, Georgia has issued a Request for Proposals, seeking an ISP to build and operate a citywide wireless network for educational, residential, commercial, municipal and public safety use. Initially the network will be used primarily for public safety, remote work order management, Digital Inclusion, residential and student Internet access.

According to the RFP, the city “prefers to own the network infrastructure, since it intends to pay for the cost of the infrastructure, using the grant that it received from the State…

The state of Georgia has just announced several generous grants to extend wireless Internet access in cities. Savannah, Ga., received a $600,000 to unwire a corridor of the city and the city of Statesboro was granted $323,298.00 to deploy a city-wide WiMAX network.

Savannah’s grant from grant from the Georgia Technology Authority will be used to establish a public-private partnership with an Internet Service Provider to deliver Internet access free and at reduced and market rates to local residents and businesses.…