Redefining municipal wireless
14 November 2008 by Steve Blum
Barcelona, Bedforshire, community networks, municipal wireless, Tualatin Valley, WiFi public safety applications, Wireless and Digital Cities, wireless opportunities, WISP
Barcelona, Bedforshire, community networks, municipal wireless, Tualatin Valley, WiFi public safety applications, Wireless and Digital Cities, wireless opportunities, WISP
Municipal wireless was declared dead at the Wireless Communications Association’s recent symposium in San Jose, but the picture that emerged from three days of discussion, debate and presentations at the European Wireless and Digital Cities Congress in Barcelona this week was more comprehensive and nuanced. And optimistic.
The difference lies how you define municipal wireless. Older, more familiar models are certainly dead. No one expects a private company to invest in building a city-wide WiFi network to provide public Internet access, whether free or for a price.… More