Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18972566 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:53:08 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:53:08 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18997041 DaneJasper :
said by korym See Profile :

Ah ha!!!

»gigaom.com/2007/08/31/sonicnet-m···sf-wifi/
Bingo.

See also »www.sonic.net/sfwifi/

-Dane]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18997041 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:39:00 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18994779 korym : Ah ha!!!

»gigaom.com/2007/08/31/sonicnet-m···sf-wifi/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18994779 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:33:05 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18986066 DaneJasper :
said by korym See Profile :

I say let the people, i.e. the citizens, the matters in to their own hands. If it's a grassroots, community-supported, volunteer-based initiative, chances are it'll make it.

Just my opinion. :)

Regards,
Kory
This is the direction we're going. More on this later today. :)

-Dane]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18986066 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:48:40 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18976216 korym : I say let the people, i.e. the citizens, the matters in to their own hands. If it's a grassroots, community-supported, volunteer-based initiative, chances are it'll make it.

Just my opinion. :)

Regards,
Kory
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The Virginia WiFi Company : Richmond Free WiFi : Mohr-or-Less]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18976216 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:53:54 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972566 firephoto :
said by DaneJasper See Profile :

Muni WiFi doesn't mean that the city is going to pay for it, it just means it's "citywide". In this case, AT&T was going to build and pay for it, but has decided not to.
This is the problem with the whole "muni-wifi" is failing crap lately. Some private company fails or doesn't continue on with their wifi for all pipe dream promises for a whole city and the city and municipal industry gets some bad press for a failure supposedly.

Guess what, AT&T got what they wanted, they kept out the competition and kept the city from doing something themselves and they keep servicing their broadband customers as always in that area.
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said by DaveNJ See Profile :

I think local governments should stay out of the telecom business. I can understand providing Wifi in schools, parks, government building etc. But citywide is a bit over the top. I do like the idea of community fiber, but i think it would be better if it were leased to a private corporation.
Muni WiFi doesn't mean that the city is going to pay for it, it just means it's "citywide". In this case, AT&T was going to build and pay for it, but has decided not to.

-Dane]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972404 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:55:33 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972147 anon : Of course not, but it's a step in the right direction, where as these ideas simply did not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972147 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:21:24 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972103 viperm : Wimax is NOT the end all be all and it never will be. Why people thnk its going to outperform everything else wireless is a far cray from reality!

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972103 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:01:39 EDT Re: Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972069 DaveNJ : I think local governments should stay out of the telecom business. I can understand providing Wifi in schools, parks, government building etc. But citywide is a bit over the top. I do like the idea of community fiber, but i think it would be better if it were leased to a private corporation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18972069 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:57:03 EDT Muni WiFi was never technically feasible http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18971899 garmst : The lover affair with MuniWiFi was always fantasy. "Littering" a large area with 300ft-ish microcells makes no economic sense given the aquisition cost of the equipment, power costs and maintenance. Then on top of it you have to almost give it away to please a bunch of liberals in city GOV who won't pay for it themselves.

WiMAX was always the practical choice because of the larger signal footprint which translates into lower equipment and operation costs.

Finally...reality shows up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18971899 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:22:32 EDT