[Tfug] Looking at Muni Wi-Fi in Tucson, AZ

[Jim Secan]

Sounds interesting, but I hear rumors that the project's working name is
Wi-Fi Nuevo - soon to be rebranded Wi-Fi Revitilization.  John Kromko
should be lashing out at it any day now.

Jim

At 07:37 AM 6/4/2007 -0700, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
>This might be of interest:
>
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>broadband help » News
>    Looking at Muni Wi-Fi in Tucson, AZ [1]
>    Citywide network would be just the beginning
>    Posted on 2007-06-01 13:06:22 by KathrynV · tags: wireless municipal
>
>    MuniWireless reports [2] today on a feasibility study completed by 
>    Columbia Telecommunications Corporation (CTC) which recommends that 
>    the city of Tucson put out an RFP for citywide Wi-Fi that balances 
>    the risks and rewards offered to the winning bidder. The 
>    recommendation is that the municipal system should only start with 
>    citywide Wi-Fi but should also include "wireless, fiber, and other 
>    connectivity technologies" in order to "meet the entire breadth of 
>    private and public connectivity needs." See the entire study here 
>    [3].  
>
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>[1] http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84378  
>[2] http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/6074/1/23
>[3] http://www.tucsonaz.gov/it/docs/CMS1_028045.pdf

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