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Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Wireless Philadelphia ... RFP available
On 08 Apr, 2005, at 17:14, George Gallen wrote:
I don't know. That RFP sounded like someone was dreaming.
I would be more inclined to say, "someone was ingesting hallucinogenic
substances."
Unless I'm really out of touch with the technology, these two are
incompatible:
"Support for seamless, in-motion usage throughout the Coverage Area by
subscribers with service provisioned through a SP. This includes the
ability for subscribers to maintain “session-level” persistence while
the subscriber’s device is in motion at speeds up to sixty (60) miles
per hour. This capability must be supported with no interruption to
applications running on the device.
"Support for defining and managing unilateral, inbound roaming
relationships whereby subscribers to other Wi-Fi services (e.g.
T-Mobile, Sprint) may gain access to the System. WP will be responsible
for the negotiation of any business relationships with other Wi-Fi
service providers and/or aggregators."
Needless to say, we aren't talking about your favorite (i.e. cheap)
802.11x service here - "other Wi-Fi services (e.g. T-Mobile, Sprint)" -
to the best of my knowledge, neither T-Mobile nor Sprint provide Wi-Fi
service, but rather "packet radio" (i.e. wireless) communications
services -- a big difference.
Wi-Fi is a specific "brand name" describing a specific technology.
On 08 Apr, 2005, at 16:52, Chris wrote:
I assume since the city owns this network they will allow their city
employees to use it for free.
As I understand things, the City won't own ANYTHING... [that's why it
isn't costing the City any money :)] For one thing, the City has
already set up a separate NGO to issue the Revenue Bonds that will pay
for this -- you know one of those things that is independent of the
Government, but sounds like it is backed by the Full Faith and Credit
of that government, like Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac at the Federal
Level.
I foresee a lot of possible applications for wireless handheld devices
in the city. Can anyone find any future plans for any such
devices/plans?
"They" keep talking about how various City Employees (like L&I
inspectors) will have immediate access to city databases.
Fortunately, at least so far, they have not talked abut having any of
the various Health and Safety (Fire, Police) use the system for
anything meaningful.
So far, this thing sounds like a classic 1990s dot.com "business plan."
From what I can tell, the RFP is REALLY pushing the envelope. This is
not a bad thing in and of itself, but when the "reality" vs the "ideal"
meet head to head I suspect that it won't even be close to what anybody
thinks it will be. The stand-by battery requirement alone will blow the
costs out of the water. You may be able to buy a transmitter for less
than 100ドル bucks, but you won't get 8+ hours of battery for that kind of
money!
It will take a LOT of watching to see if what emerges is anything
different than what you can get at Starbucks or Cosi.
T.T.F.N.
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