[ubuntu-us-nm] City wide wifi access?

[David Thomas]

Me too, what technologies would be used. Who would be the backbone provider ? Citynet? 
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I gotta say - I am loving this conversation! 


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Nick < nick at nick125.com > wrote: 




Advertising supported might work without city funding. Maybe a few tiers: 

* free - advertising supported, 256/256k with a 1GB cap/device/day before throttling down to 64k/32k. 
* ad-free - no ads, 256k/256k with a 2GB cap/device/day. Two simulanteous connections per account. 
* premium - no ads, 1024k/512k, 3GB cap/device/day. Two simulanteous connections per account, discounted additional connections. 

All of the tiers should have caching with image compression. The premium tier can disable image compression. Why compression? It reduces over-the-air bandwidth as well as backhaul internet connection bandwidth. I think a good balance can be found. 

All of the tiers should be billed per day/week/month as well as quarterly and annually. 

Interesting idea. The only problem is finding places to put the backhaul equipment and getting right-of-way to mount the APs. A pretty high capital investment with a mixed possible rate of return. It could work, though. 

Cheers, 
Nick 




On Jan 13, 2010 1:31 PM, "David Thomas" < dthomas at zimbra.metrocourt.state.nm.us > wrote: 

oh I like the idea of the city not being involved. 


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