Mactron
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| Foresight ?
"State law allows the city to take ownership one year after they've been abandoned."
Someone had the foresight to see that this business model was a non-starter ? 
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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1 edit | said by Mactron  :"State law allows the city to take ownership one year after they've been abandoned." Someone had the foresight to see that this business model was a non-starter ? But the city isn't going to run them after taking over. They are going to dismantle them and maybe sell them for parts.
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N3OGH
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Has any city ever been successful in getting one of these wide area Wi-Fi mesh networks up, running, and even moderately profitable?
I can't think of one off the top of my head...
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | reply to Mactron
That's not an uncommon lease term especially when dealing with public property like street lights or utility easements and poles. |
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Seaboogers
join:2004-11-01
Sarasota, FL | reply to Mactron
Metro-Fi should wait until the last minute...then take down all the antenna's.
They offered the in-place system to the city for a cost...which balked...and is going the "welfare" route.
Typical though...wanting something for nothing. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to N3OGH
said by N3OGH :Has any city ever been successful in getting one of these wide area Wi-Fi mesh networks up, running, and even moderately profitable? I can't think of one off the top of my head... When the mesh has 8 APs and in a CBD of a 5K population town. |
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elwoodblues
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join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | reply to N3OGH
In Toronto the local Hydro company has set up a wi fi mesh in the downtown core.
Works quite well |
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Michael Weinberg
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The city chose not to purchase the equipment with the understanding and expectation that MetroFi would remove it by the end of July. Instead, MetroFi stopped returning calls and essentially turned off and abandoned the equipment. At this point it is basically litter in the Public Right of Way.
The city is going to have to pay at least $30K to remove it, from what I've read. They are waiting until the equipment is legally forfeit in order to avoid the legal fees that would come with trying to remove it sooner. |
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gomer1701ems
join:2001-08-23
Minneapolis, MN | reply to N3OGH
The one in Minneapolis hasn't made the front page of DSLR (yet).
I don't know if it's profitable, but it is still up and running.
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
1 edit | Not really needed
Portland is well-served for broadband by Comcast and Qwest (which does very good job of deploying basic DSL in its territory, in comparision to someone like Verizon, which has done only selective deployments in their territory).
'not sure what "problem" this Metro Wi-FI was intended to solve. In contrast, in Hermiston, Oregon, the Wi-Fi deployed is very popular, as there is no commercial alternative. |
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Viper007Bond
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Portland, OR | Tell that to my mom who lives in a very busy part of SE Portland but who can't get DSL. Hell, I can barely get it (I'm right on the edge).
And Comcast's prices are nuts. |
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