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Welcome to the Muniwireless forum. This forum is only for government (municipal, regional, national) officials and employees who are planning wide-area wireless networks, or who are interested in government applications that run on those networks. Included in this forum are mayors, city CIOs and people who work in police and fire departments, public utilities, etc.

Vendors are not allowed to join this forum. I want you to feel free to express your opinion about the vendors you have worked with and to be open about your experiences in planning and deploying networks.

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The New America Foundation is hosting an event called the National Broadband Strategy Call to Action on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 from 10:00 to 11:30 am at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-G50, First Street NE and C Street NE, Washington, DC. Here is a description of the event: In an unprecedented display of consensus, a broad and diverse array of groups concerned about America’s broadband…

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Feed - Muniwireless: Airspan and Freedom4 demo WiMAX roaming on a laptop — Roaming between WiMAX networks just got a boost after Airspan, an equipment maker, and FREEDOM4, a UK WiMAX operator, showed a laptop with a WiMAX USB dongle that allows the user to roam on WiMAX networks that use different spectrum bands. This is significant because it allows WiMAX operators to enter into roaming agreements with one another, across different countries, so that people who buy…

Feed - Muniwireless: Argyroupoli, Greece launches municipal wireless network — Argyroupoli, Greece (pop. 33,000) has rolled out a municipal wireless network called Arnet. The city is in the southern part of the greater Athens metropolitan area. Residents and visitors can expect up to 2 Mbps downstream and upstream speeds. With 67 wireless mesh nodes, the network covers 85% of the city. Municipal funds have been used to build the network. © 2008 MuniWireless. All Rights…

Feed - Muniwireless: European Commission welcomes lower French mobile phone rates — The European Commission has praised the steps being taken by French regulator, ARCEP (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes), to stop the great European mobile phone rip-off. ARCEP wants to lower the wholesale rates charged by French mobile operators to the costs of an efficient operator. ARCEP says it wants to eliminate price distortions between phone operators in…

Feed - Muniwireless: Hilton’s $50 per day Wi-Fi fee: part of the secret stimulus plan? — News reporters complaining that they had to fork over $50 per day for wireless Internet access at the Hilton Chicago ballroom to cover Obama’s press conferences, should be thankful instead, according to some reports. The regular “conference” fee is $600 per day ($125 per hour). Guests, however, pay only $14.95 per day. Those who came with devices that use a cellular network for connectivity were…

Feed - Muniwireless: Join the Muniwireless / Muni WiMAX group on Linked In — In an attempt to figure out if social media makes discussions and networking more worthwhile, I have created a Linked In Group for Muniwireless and Muni WiMAX. Please join if you are interested. Be patient: I need to approve each person manually. A number of usual suspects are already on board. I have also posted several questions relating to WiMAX in the Linked In Q&A and I am very pleased with…

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­ feed - mu… started a topic: Event: National Broadband Strategy Call to Action, December 2. The New America Foundation is hosting an event called the National Broadband Strategy…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Airspan and Freedom4 demo WiMAX roaming on a laptop. Roaming between WiMAX networks just got a boost after Airspan, an equipment maker, and…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Argyroupoli, Greece launches municipal wireless network. Argyroupoli, Greece (pop. 33,000) has rolled out a municipal wireless network called…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: European Commission welcomes lower French mobile phone rates. The European Commission has praised the steps being taken by French regulator, ARCEP…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Hilton’s $50 per day Wi-Fi fee: part of the secret stimulus plan?. News reporters complaining that they had to fork over $50 per day for wireless Internet…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Join the Muniwireless / Muni WiMAX group on Linked In. In an attempt to figure out if social media makes discussions and networking more…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Webinar event: Building a citywide wireless foundation for municipal services. Tropos Networks is hosting a webinar featuring Jimmy Bagley, CIO of Rock Hill, South…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: No free Wi-Fi for iPhone users at Starbucks. Nearly every online tech publication, including this one, has written about the AT&T…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Muni Wi-Fi 2.0: smaller targeted networks, flexible business models. Glenn Fleishman has written an analysis of municipal wireless networking, tracing its…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Asco, Spain launches municipal wireless network. Ascó, a town of 1600 people in the region of Catalonia, has rolled out a wireless mesh…
­ feed - mu… started a topic: Varadzin, Croatia deploys municipal wireless network. Varadzin, Croatia is deploying a citywide wireless broadband network for government and…

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