Case Study for Municipal WiFi
Case Study 1: Municipal WiFi
In this currently changing data-thirsty world, people like to access the information regarding family, business, politics, education and social or professional networking in their day-to-day lives. Thus, As-mobile-as-possible wireless access to the internet, intranet or a corporate database.
Applicable services and features will include:
VoIP in this case VoWLAN,
Navigation w/o GPS but over Wireless network
Internet browsing for professional development, economic, socio-economic, educational and health-care purposes
Cost of the service for the users and the cost to the city for deployment According to one study, free municipal wireless service will place as much as $12 billion of the projected profits of wireless operators at risk through 2008.
Wireless telecommunication providers may back away from the proposed $100 billion investments in advanced wireless networks that are planned for the next 10 years.
Those are just examples for monetary costs for deployment , but there may be other opportunity costs associated such as opportunity loss, collateral impacts for the other benefiting projects for the communities that could have been delayed or canceled.
What factors influenced the success or failure of the project
Time and budget constraints for the deployment costs and stockholders' consensus of debate upon public and health safety. Confronting the companies that are trying to deploy WiMax network or leased designated WiFi hot spots are factors to affect the project in most likely negative way.
Public interests and ethusiasm especially by those who cannot afford the data plan provided by the mobile or cable carrier companies would have affected it in positive way. Government school, health care and library systems need wider ranges of access to the internet for the enhanced services of education and health.
State budgets and legislation plays a key role in planning and pursuing the success of the
In this currently changing data-thirsty world, people like to access the information regarding family, business, politics, education and social or professional networking in their day-to-day lives. Thus, As-mobile-as-possible wireless access to the internet, intranet or a corporate database.
Applicable services and features will include:
VoIP in this case VoWLAN,
Navigation w/o GPS but over Wireless network
Internet browsing for professional development, economic, socio-economic, educational and health-care purposes
Cost of the service for the users and the cost to the city for deployment According to one study, free municipal wireless service will place as much as $12 billion of the projected profits of wireless operators at risk through 2008.
Wireless telecommunication providers may back away from the proposed $100 billion investments in advanced wireless networks that are planned for the next 10 years.
Those are just examples for monetary costs for deployment , but there may be other opportunity costs associated such as opportunity loss, collateral impacts for the other benefiting projects for the communities that could have been delayed or canceled.
What factors influenced the success or failure of the project
Time and budget constraints for the deployment costs and stockholders' consensus of debate upon public and health safety. Confronting the companies that are trying to deploy WiMax network or leased designated WiFi hot spots are factors to affect the project in most likely negative way.
Public interests and ethusiasm especially by those who cannot afford the data plan provided by the mobile or cable carrier companies would have affected it in positive way. Government school, health care and library systems need wider ranges of access to the internet for the enhanced services of education and health.
State budgets and legislation plays a key role in planning and pursuing the success of the