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Who has the best muni Wi-Fi network?
By Larry Hendrick | January 29, 2007
This article contains a lot of good information about real-life usage of the existing WiFi projects. They ran real tests on the networks to determine reach and speed and show what works and what doesn’t.
Some cities installed a density of over 100 access points/square mile to achieve effective access. This is a lot higher than the numbers used to budget and sell these projects.
This set of tests were done last year and the company plans to do the tests again later this year. I’m very interested in how the new results compare with this data.
Who has the best muni Wi-Fi network?
Specifically, many cities — and the companies that were hired to deploy and manage the networks — initially believed that a density of 20 access points per square mile would suffice. The access points are typically installed on utility poles.
“If you look at our rankings, the networks that are successful are pushing 40 nodes per square mile,” Belanger said. That was certainly the case in St. Cloud, he noted.
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