Most of the Muni contracts I have worked on so far are exclusive. An RFP would have been a better way to resolve the issue. Just letting anyone use city property is a sure way for failure. I'm not so sure letting wisp's "deploy at will" for Muni wifi is such a great idea. Brad
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:25 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Council rejects wireless proposal I'm glad they recognized there would be a problem giving one person an exclusive contract to serve the entire city, via city property. I'm especially glad they got down to the technical details of unlicensed frequency, in a public way. Of course it helps when there is a councilman who understands the issues. As it stands now, there does not need to be exclusive contracts, just let the wisps deploy at will. Dawn DiPietro wrote: > Council rejects wireless proposal > > By Adrian Sanchez/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > COLUMBUS - The City Council rejected Frontier Communications' proposal > to deploy a wireless broadband network in Columbus in a 5-3 Monday night > vote. > > Councilmen Joe Jarecke, Ron Bogus and Jim Bulkley voted in favor of the > proposal after extensive discussion. Frontier representatives exited the > council chambers immediately following the council vote. > > Kerry Haley, vice president and general manager of the Frontier wireless > division, declined to comment on the council's decision, but did > summarize her reaction in one word: "Disappointed." > > Linda Aerni, president of Community Internet and Wire Free Nebraska > Inc., and Paul Schumacher, a business partner of Aerni, celebrated the > decision. > > Aerni said the council did a good job of processing a lot of > technological information and made the right decision for the city. > > "The council voted the right way, not holding the city to a 10-year > obligation," she said. "Technology has changed so much, even in the last > month." > > When asked if Community Internet is considering deploying a network on > its own, Aerni said "of course." > > "Community Internet has already deployed wireless Internet outside > Columbus," she said. > > Schumacher said there was no need to rush into any agreement, and if and > when Community Internet does decide to implement a network, "the city > wouldn't be in the middle of it." > > A report by Robert Tupper, chief telecommunications engineer for RVW > Inc., and Donn C. Swedenburg, telecommunications specialist for RVW, may > have influenced the council's decision. > > The proposed contract stipulated no other devices that may degrade > Frontier's network "as determined by Frontier" could be attached to city > property. > > The report stated "the characteristics of unlicensed operation present > many challenges." According to Federal Communication Commission > regulations, devices for operation of an unlicensed band, such as > Frontier proposed, "must accept any interference received, including > interference that may cause undesired operation." > > Tupper said deployment of two wireless, broadband, mesh networks was > possible but may not be feasible. > > "Co-existing within the 2.4 gHz spectrum is the toughest coordination," > he said. "I am not going to say it can be done. I am not going to say it > can't be done." > > Whether it can or can't, it would "be difficult to have two widely > deployed mesh networks ... from an economics standpoint," Tupper said. > > Councilman Chuck Whitney objected to Frontier's sole discretion to > determine interference and network pricing differences between Frontier > and non-Frontier customers. > > "If I am a Frontier customer I pay $9.99 a month and a customer of > Community Internet/Megavision would pay $9.99 per day," Whitney said. > "There can be no discrimination in pricing." > > Mayor Mike Moser said the council made the right decision regarding the > Frontier proposal. > > "I think the council came up with right decision. There were a lot of > unknowns, and before entering into a contract, all the blanks should be > filled in," Moser said. "I didn't feel the city was getting enough out > of it to make it work. > > "If somebody else comes up with plan they can bring it to city the to > look at it, but it is not something we are actively looking for at this > moment. The ultimate result was where it should be gone." -- George Rogato Welcome to WISPA www.wispa.org http://signup.wispa.org/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(190). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(42). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
