Thanks. Will do.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:11:46 To: WISPA General List<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] RIVERSIDE NEEDS YOU Start with Steve Reneker, CIO of Riverside, California http://www.muniwireless.com/2010/03/11/whats-up-with-riverside-citywide-wifi-network/ Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Charles N Wyble <[email protected]>wrote: > Chuck Daddy Wy-Fi is in. What's the deal? Who do I have to talk to? > What's the process? > > > Chuck Profito wrote: > > AT&T Wants to Dump Riverside Network on City > > > > One of the legacy muni-Fi networks will have new (or no) owners: Esme Vos > > writes at MuniWireless.com about the current state of the Riverside, > Calif., > > network operated by AT&T. The network was the first and only bid by AT&T > > with MetroFi, which was unable to complete that network along with many > > others, and which shut down in 2008. In Riverside, AT&T kept up much of > its > > end of the bargain, hiring Nokia Siemens to complete the network, which > Vos > > says only reached 77 percent of the city. (One expects there's no > SkyPilot > > gear left in place, either, but I don't know that for sure.) > > > > The network has 20,000 daily users out of a population of about 300,000 > (in > > 2000); the county has over 2.1 million residents. > > > > AT&T wants to give the city the network at no cost, but the city is > facing > > revenue shortfalls like the rest of the country (and most of the world). > > It's trying to get a federal grant. > > > > Of the networks originally built in part or whole by EarthLink, Kite, and > > MetroFi, only a handful remain in operation. Philadelphia recently moved > to > > take over the remains of the network there from an interim firm that had > > been planning to build out a variety of access services. > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > 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/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! 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/
