I tried to work with the City here but they wanted to do it all themselves. Well, Im thinking by the progress they have made so far they might have something worthwhile in the next few years, maybe. It reminds me of when I first started my wireless business many years ago. Superior Wireless New Orleans,La. www.superior1.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless
You are absolutely right John. I can't list all the cities we are doing Public Safety projects for right now, but we are starting to light up the city of Gilroy CA. A lot of dollars are being spent on projects in the name of Public Safety, especially to allow Emergency Services to be able to remotely access network resources. The next thing on the radar is providing Internet access. If the WISP gets there early, he can be a part of the solution. If the WISP isn't there, the city will go ahead and do it anyway. John Thomas >-----Original Message----- >From: John Scrivner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 08:16 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless > >Munis are just your hometown wanting service just like residents, >business and education. As soon as we learn this we will all benefit >from it greatly. Public safety specifically is the killer application of >muni broadband in my opinion. If we all learn how to sell this to our >towns and service it correctly we will inevitably win in the end. >Backhaul to munis who decide to go it alone is also an option. I would >bet most if not all of them would pay for a service agreement on their >networks also. Maybe they will pay you to build their network for them? >Scriv > > >Matt Liotta wrote: > >> I personally don't much care for Muni wireless as I would rather the >> government stay out of the ISP business. With that being said, Rome, >> GA announced that GTS had won the the contract to install a wireless >> system for the city. See http://muniwireless.com/municipal/bids/1102/ >> for details on the announcement. >> >> What I thought the list might find interesting is that we >> (AirInfinite, now One Ring Networks) were included in GTS's bid and >> will now be providing backhaul for the wireless network. I believe >> this is an interesting approach for WISPs to take when dealing with >> munis that have an interest in wireless. >> >> -Matt > >-- >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
