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Muni-Fi Not Pixie Dust
But it helps to know what people want...
by Karl Bode Monday 30-Jul-2007 tags: wireless · municipal
A month or so ago, there was a wave of negative publicity for municipal Wi-Fi, as the mainstream press (and some towns) realized that simply throwing Wi-Fi access points around a city doesn't automatically create utopia. A month later finds some analysis noting that yes, citywide Wi-Fi has problems, but deployments have been greatly helped if you know what the hell you're doing and what your city needs:

"Wi-Fi is working in the areas where they did thorough needs assessment, aligning the technology with the needs of the end user,” Settles said. “Whether the network was for the government, for economic development or for general purpose, the first step was clearly defining where the needs were going to be and the paybacks."


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AmeritecTech
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My Only Complaint

...so far is that its damned hard to see a laptop screen if you're sitting in the sunlight.

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That's why most people sit in their local coffee shop to surf
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said by DaSneaky1D:

That's why most people sit in their local coffee shop to surf
Yeah, but I don't need munifi for that. Coffeeshops without wireless are considered heretical around here.
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i think it has its place but any muni should start small and not have it be totally free. i think the best system is 128k for free(fast enough for keeping in touch via email and such) and then for a nominal fee offer faster speeds and of course no special software and fully iPhone compatable.
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Liberal SOP

If Muni_Wifi == Fail Then
Excuse = Apologists(Muni_Wifi)
End IF

(sorry I just a little frisky this morning)

batterup
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Tax and spend will take care of it.

Solid business cases, what a joke. The government does not and can not do business.
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The recent spate of negative publicity for municipal Wi-Fi projects comes, somewhat ironically, as the industry is settling into what seems to be a more rational period of deployment based on solid business cases

meh123

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muni-wifi

Well, I'm just not sure that this really is a service that should be funded (by the public tax money).

Were I live, our local county government provides free wifi at most of the local parks, government buildings, libraries, etc. yet, it is websensed/censored. Which, by definition, is Government censorship.

It is a slippery slope...

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