I talked to Marshall during my thesis research. He sent me this link: Sorry I don't know how to make the link live...i guess just copy and paste. http://www.portalize.org/wifisalon/index.php?tid=46&aid=80 (the wifi salon link..obviously) ...also check out www.packetalk.net. His other venture. This may answer some of you questions. -mia
Quoting Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > has anyone figured out the business model here? > or is this guy just blowing his trust fund on free wifi? (which i > wholeheartedly approve!) > > > --- > > > http://www.muniwireless.com/archives/000731.html > > NYC WI-FI IN THE PARK: 46 MB AND RUNNING! > > Check out this Rocketboom video interview of Marshall Brown, > founder > and CEO of the Wi-Fi Salon, and Andrew Rasiej, who is running for > public advocate in New York. Marshall's company has a concession > to > set up and maintain 18 Wi-Fi Hot Spot locations in 9 parks in 4 > boroughs in NYC. The first is at Battery Park, which you are > seeing > on the video, which has 7 APs fed with 46 mbps backhaul. The > next, > Central Park and eight other locations are to be completed in > July. > Andrew emphasizes that people in NYC pay an average of $50 per > month > for broadband to cable and telecoms operators, a significant > amount > for middle-class and lower middle-class families. He believes > they > are paying too much. I am sure the bandwidth they are graciously > provided by the Duopoly does not approach 8 Mbps, which is what I > get > in Amsterdam. > > Among the uses for a Wi-Fi hotspot in the park: > - watch streaming video on your Wi-Fi enabled devices (see the > portable video screen in the interview) > - play online games via a Sony Playstation Portable (Wi-Fi > enabled) > - do work on your laptop (least favored use) > > This is a such a fantastic initiative from Marshall and I am glad > he's not skimping on the bandwidth. > > Wi-Fi Salon has portal software for this (www.portalize.org) (see > / > battery for the first instance) and > www.portalize.org/controlpanel > for the control panel; they also have VOIP (www.packetalk.net). > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > Mia Pixley -------------- 917-331-5391 5384 Lerner Hall NY, NY 10027 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
