The problems with city and countywide Wi-Fi projects

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: April 25, 2006 6:19:02 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] The problems with city and countywide Wi-Fi  
projects
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[Note:  This item comes from friend Esme Vos of MuniWireless.com.   
Here is Esme's take on the story that I just posted about the city of  
St. Cloud's problems with their citywide Wi-Fi network.  DLH]

The problems with city and countywide Wi-Fi projects: must be a slow  
news week
<http://muniwireless.com/municipal/1160/>
The Detroit Free Press has an article (21 April 2006) on recent  
problems encountered by Oakland County bid winner, MichTel, in their  
countywide Wi-Fi project:

Plans to blanket all 910 square miles of Oakland County with wireless  
Internet are at a standstill after the firm in charge of the project  
found it needs 20,000 additional access points to get the system  
running. MichTel General Manager Tony Yangouyian said Thursday the  
project has slowed considerably due to lengthy legal negotiations  
with DTE Energy over access to its utility poles. MichTel needs the  
poles to install its wireless access boxes. The county, which in 2005  
awarded MichTel the contract to own, operate and maintain the  
wireless network, is providing access to 2,700 spots.
Today, there’s an AP article on problems encountered by certain  
residents of St. Cloud, Florida in getting access to the free  
citywide network. One resident complained that he could not gain  
access but of course, he did not buy the recommended equipment to get  
the signal in the house (”Lusardi didn’t shell out the money for a  
signal-boosting device St. Cloud recommends for those having trouble  
connecting - City Hall sells them for $170.”).

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