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Colgate University Students Connect Anywhere, Anytime on Campus or Around Town

Colgate, one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the country wanted to provide students and faculty with wireless access for a range of mobile devices both on and off campus and reliable solution in harsh, cold environments. As a solution the outdoor wireless network was constructed using Tropos MetroMesh...

Tags: Colgate University, Tropos Networks, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Case studies 2008-07-01

Colgate installs Tropos mesh network but units aren't meshing

Colgate University in New York state is broadening its Wi-Fi horizons by launching a campus-wide outdoor network using Tropos Networks MetroMesh equipment— but none of the units are meshing, reports Wi-Fi Planet The university decided that it needed to expand its reach after a student survey found that...

Tags: Tropos Networks, Colgate University, Education Technology, Higher Ed

Blog posts 2007-01-04

Five Keys to Successful Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Deployment

Tropos Networks has amassed a peerless installed base of metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network deployments. In deploying these networks, Tropos has gained unrivaled experience in providing fast, low-cost and simple to use networks for a variety of constituents. The maturation of the municipal broadband market, as well as Tropos' leadership in...

Tags: Tropos Networks, Mesh Networking, Wireless LANs, Broadband Internet, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2004-12-01

Additional Resources

'Inherent weaknesses' in WiFi mesh technology?

There have been several reports that mesh-based citywide muni wireless installations are underwhelming residents. Writing on GigaOM, Katie Fehrenbacher writes that an Israeli wireless equipment company, InspiAir, says mesh technology is a big part of the problem. Is he just trying to sell InspiAir’s alternative WiFi software and...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Tropos, WIFI Mesh, InspiAir

Blog posts 2006-11-22

Muni Wi-Fi brings fears of online predators

Free wireless access may be a boon to those who need Internet access anywhere anytime, but it is becoming a bane for parents who want to control the content that their children are exposed to, reports News.com With the plethora of mobile devices that are available to...

Tags: Wi-Fi

Blog posts 2006-09-14

Google launches local Wi-Fi early

Google launched its free Wi-Fi service in its home town of Mountain View, Calif., today, ahead of schedule, the San Jose Mercury News reports. ``The feedback was overwhelming positive,'' said Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives for Google. ``It's glowing, and in fact it's why we're launching the...

Tags: network, Chris Sacca, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-08-16

SF picks Google/Earthlink for citywide network

No surprise, really: San Francisco selected Google and EarthLink to provide a combination of free and paid Wi-Fi across San Francisco. News.com reports: "We are thrilled that the San Francisco TechConnect committee has selected the EarthLink proposal, and we look forward to taking the next step to negotiate a...

Tags: EarthLink Inc., Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-04-06

San Francisco chooses Google, Earthlink proposal

San Francisco has chosen the joint Google/EarthLink proposal to provide affordable -- or maybe even free -- wi-fi access to the entire city. The two companies and San Francisco will start negotiations soon to work out the details of the project which could change the way people in that...

Tags: EarthLink Inc., wireless

Blog posts 2006-04-05

You get muni broadband by demanding it

At the Freedom2Connect conference this morning there was a long panel about municipal broadband builds, and general agreement on how to get faster connections than the phone-cable duopoly will provide.Demand it.It is user demands for a faster, open Internet that has gotten Tropos 300 municipal customers in two years, with...

Tags: Ron Sege, Tropos

Blog posts 2006-04-04

Philadelphia Story: Verizon opposition is setting muni Wi-Fi market on fire

Philadelphia has finalized a contract with Earthlink to own and operate a Wi-Fi network covering 135 square miles of the City of Brotherly Love. That deal marks a watershed in the growth of muni Wi-Fi, as the biggest Wi-Fi deployment in the US. For Tropos, the company handling Wi-Fi hardware...

Tags: Ron Sege, Wi-Fi

Blog posts 2006-02-06

Why muni Wi-Fi is so important to Earthlink

For companies like Earthlink, which have been dependent on telephone and cable companies to provide access to their networks, municipal wireless is becoming an increasingly important strategy, for the very reasons that cables and telcos are so opposed. Muni Wi-Fi is the creation of alternative infrastructure, which just possibly...

Tags: Garry Betty, EarthLink Inc.

Blog posts 2005-10-18

Philly picks EarthLink for Wi-Fi network

Philadelphia has chosen EarthLink to provide Wi-Fi service across America's fifth-largest city. The Atlanta-based company will use equipment from Tropos Networks to cover the city in Wi-Fi; EarthLink is funding the build-out upfront and revenue sharing income with the city. Most residents will pay $20 a month. Low-income residents (and...

Tags: Wi-Fi, EarthLink Inc.

Blog posts 2005-10-05

Muni wireless a $700 million business

What's the size of the municipal wireless market? Esme Vos, who runs the great MuniWireless site, has released a study that project U.S. cities, towns and counties will spend nearly $700 million over the next three years. The market will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 134 percent...

Tags: wireless, municipality, municipal Wireless

Blog posts 2005-09-28

Google sponsors another WiFi park: What's up?

Mark Evans has posted a shot of the free WiFi sign at New York's Bryant Park. Seems it's "sponsored by Google." Jaws are wagging about what Google is up to and when they'll come clean. Google is working on something called Secure Access, which the FAQ page says...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-09-28