Muni Wireless Networks:Possibilities for Lakewood

Presented by Lakewood Public Library

Kenneth Warren- Bob Hazeldine - John Guscott - Nick Kelley - Dave

Popeck -August 10, 2005

http://www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.com/wifi/

Benefits of Muni Wi-Fi

Improves economic activity?

Attract/retain residents?

Improves city services?

Improves personal productivity/quality of life of Lakewood citizenry?

Scenarios

City Wide Wi-Fi Corridor(s)

Targeted Neighborhood(s)

Scattered Hotspots

Necessary Equipment

Internet Feed

Network Hardware Infrastructure – router, access points, antennas

User Equipment – wireless network adapter; computer or mobile communications device

Data Circuit Costs

Telecom Companies:

Cable Television Companies:

Ultra-broadband:

Network Infrastructure

Straight wi-fi or wi-fi mesh?Access pointsAntennasRouterNetwork management softwareWhere to locate? Who will install?

User Equipment

Computer

+ PCMIA/USB Adapter

PDA

SmartPhone

Issues to Resolve

Populations to Serve Coverage Costs Charging for Service Physical Maintenance Security Terms of Use User Technical Support/Training Legal Minefields

Legislation

Ohio House – H.B. 188

U.S. House – H.R. 2726 IH

U.S. Senate – S. 1294 IS

U.S. Senate – Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act

U.S. House – H.B. 2726 IH

Pete Sessions of (TX) introduced May 26, 2005

To prohibit municipal governments from offering telecommunications, information, or cable services except to remedy market failures by private enterprise to provide such services.

Ohio House Bill 188 If two or more competing private enterprises provide

electronic commerce services, a government agency must not engage, through the expenditure of public moneys, in any activity to provide or offer those services or to expand similar services to the public.

Any provider of electronic commerce services that resides or does business in Ohio has standing to bring a cause of action for appropriate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction challenging the provision of those services by a government agency in a manner that is not in accordance with the bill's exception procedures (see Sec. 1306.28).

Nothing in the bill, however, prohibits a government agency from providing electronic commerce services to the public in the absence of two or more competing private enterprises providing those services.

U.S. Senate – S. 1294 IS

Senator Lautenberg (R) of NJ introduced June 23, 2005

“No State statute, regulation, or other State legal requirement may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting any public provider from providing, to any person or any public or private entity, advanced telecommunications capability or any service that utilizes the advanced telecommunications capability provided by such provider.”

Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act

Senator Ensign (R) of NV introduced July 27, 2005

“In the event that market failure leads to State or local governments to contemplate construction of their own communications services, the option to enter that market should be first provided to commercial providers under similar terms to ensure that such governments are not competing unnecessarily with private industry.” Sec. 2, (11)

Successful Projects

Hermosa Beach CA

Chaska MN

Dayton OH

Dublin OH

www.muniwireless.com - quarterly reports

Potential Applications E-mail/IM communications & Web browsing

Filesharing/downloading

Digital Cities Initiative: e-government apps

OneCleveland: exclusive content/applications; distance education possibilities for “Café University”

24/7 access to library: enhanced catalogs, databases, KnowItNow 24X7 reference service, Web site

Machine-to-machine communication: automate devices; parking meters, surveillance cameras, traffic signals

Future User Applications

Consumer electronics networking

IPTV/Media device:media center PCs; portable media devices

Gametown: Gaming/entertainment networks for residential branding

Wi-Fi VoIP phones:asterisk PBX, Skype phones

Future Wireless Technologies

802.11n/MIMO

WiMax

Ultra Wideband

WPAN – Wireless Personal Area Networks

Where Do We Go From Here?

Form ad-hoc executive group

Study Intelligent Community “best practices” and other successful projects around the world

Start small – phase it in

Exec. Group/Council draft RFPs for all phases

Develop viable business models and long-term funding strategies

Hold Lakewood Tech Summits every six months