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Muni Wi-Fi not as easy as it looks: It's hard work pulling together a Wi-Fi network for your city. There are RFPs, citizen groups, pressure from the telcos and cable companies. But the work doesn't end after the network has been installed. A number of cities are now fielding irate calls from citizens who feel the services don't...; Tags: Wi-Fi; Blog posts 2006-05-01
Pronto Networks Case Study: Chaska, Minnesota: Chaska, Minnesota is a Wi-Fi technology trailblazer. Chaska is one of the first communities in the nation to deploy a citywide Wi-Fi network. The goal was to supply affordable Internet access to every resident and business. Using Pronto Networks' carrier-class operations support system OSS, Chaska quickly and cost-effectively set up,...; Tags: Network, Wi-Fi Network, Pronto Networks, Chaska, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless; Case studies

Rural cities roll out muni WiFi: A study conducted by muniwireless.com in March 2005 found that 29 American cities have citywide public access and another 13 have hotzones within the city limits. Twenty-three cities have municipal or public safety WiFi networks and New York and Chicago are planning WiFi networks for government use. The cities...; Tags: Tempe Ariz.; Blog posts 2005-07-27
My jaded take on the wireless VoIP-cell cannibalization issue: My jaded take on the wireless VoIP-cell cannibalization issueWhat risk?The WiMAX steamroller will kill ALL telcos and cellphone companies. WiMAX VoIP handhelds will be the ONLY way to communicate in a few years. I hope you don't have a lot of stock in the telcos . . .Keep dreaming!WiMAX is...; Tags: Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, mesh networking, telecommunications company, WiMAX, wireless, network; Discussion threads 2005-03-16
Metro-Scale Wi-Fi as City Service Chaska.net, Chaska, Minnesota: While cable and DSL broadband access has been available to residents of Chaska for some time, innovations in wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, and related technologies have allowed this town to be without peer in pioneering mobile broadband technology. Never before have cities of any size been able to deploy city-wide...; Tags: Tropos Networks, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking; Case studies

Metro-Scale Wi-Fi as City Servicechaska.net, Chaska, Minnesota: Chaska, Minnesota, outside of the Twin Cities area, has a track record of providing attractive services to its residents. In 1998, Incumbent telecommunications providers were ignoring the broadband data needs of the schools in the community. In order to eliminate this problem, the city formed chaska.net, a Wireless Internet Service...; Tags: Minnesota, Tropos Networks, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Wireless, Networking, Internet; Case studies
Lake Region Manufacturing Streamlines the Quote-to-Contract Process - From One Day to Five Minutes: For Chaska, Minnesota - based Lake Region, developing and manufacturing medical devices and components to aid in patient treatment has been a daily focus for more than 35 years. One of the company's real challenges lay in trying to find better ways to quickly provide price quotations to customers. All...; Tags: Patient, CDC Software, Manufacturing; Case studies