| Municipal Wi-Fi can be profitable Triad Wireless posted a white paper 3 years ago stating those business models were not based in reality. However, we waited until they quit bullying their way into the market to start deploying our design. Municipal Wi-Fi has great value if you can keep the investment down (ours is 1/10 or less than any of the Earthlink or Metrofi designs), minimize overhead, and give the system a chance to develop clients. However, you have to create the applications that drive bandwdith. For example, the backbone for a city we will be starting in Arizona will cost approximately $3000 to cover backhaul for 36 square miles with almost 80Mbps of bandwidth. And this is scalable as high as necessary once the revenue supports the cost. The more amazing number is we are covering 1.5 square miles with Wi-Fi coverage also. This is accomplished with a better RF design without utilizing. Most areas are a little more but this should get the idea across that commercial Wi-Fi didn't have to be these mutlimillion boondoggles. |
