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Washtenaw County, MI
Location: USA
Abstract:
Located in southeast Michigan, Washtenaw County covers 720 square miles and includes 28 cities, villages and townships with a total population of 340,000. Residents live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, and the two largest cities are Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, which are home to the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University, respectively. There are 35 departments and 1,400 positions at the county level, including public safety, justice, revenues and record keeping. The vision of Wireless Washtenaw is high-speed Internet access equally available to urban, suburban and rural settings in the county within 2007. Through a cooperative effort, Wireless Washtenaw will provide visitors and residents with a seamless wireless experience, including a blend of free and for-fee services. Expected benefits include attracting and retaining jobs and businesses within the county and improving quality of life. The project is a collaboration among the county’s local-government and educational entities, the City of Ann Arbor, the Road Commission, the University of Michigan, and many additional partners. Neither Washtenaw County nor any of the project stakeholders will own or operate the network, however. 20/20 Communications will own, operate and maintain the network, and potential subscribers will be directed to the provider to subscribe for services. - Everyone in-county will receive free 84 Kbps service, continuous and uninterrupted - Individual pricing starts out at $35 (up to a 1MB) - The goal is to have 720 square miles of WC covered by the end of December 2007
Website: http://wireless.ewashtenaw.org/
Practitioner Name: Uma Harithsa
Practitioner Tel: 734-222-3578
Practitioner E-mail: harithsau@ewashtenaw.org
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Westminster, UK
Location: UK
Abstract:
Each day, more than a million people enter Central London, which is home to Buckingham Palace, Parliament, shopping centers and countless prestigious business addresses. All this activity poses a special challenge to the Westminster City Council, which must manage competing pressures between residents and visitors, daytime and nighttime economies, and demand for round-the-clock services. Through surveys, the city council has determined that the three top priorities of businesses and residents are crime and fear of crime, clean streets and the environment,and,more recently, affordable housing. At the same time, elected leaders have pledged to improve public services while limiting taxes and lowering costs—an internal competing tension for the city’s staff. Part of the solution to both external and internal challenges is emerging through lower- cost, flexible broadband wireless technology. Among the most notable tools deployed across the wireless network are mobile CCTV cameras (some are vehicle mounted) to monitor crime spots and to aid police and the range of frontline workers operating in the borough. Because roads needn’t be dug up to lay fiber, mobile cameras cost less—about five wireless cameras for the cost of one fixed camera. And the city can move cameras quietly to the areas where police need them. Because the UK government has given city councils a coordinating role to play with agen- cies that they don’t necessarily control, the city’s new broadband-wireless network will be used to increase coordination and productivity among the range of frontline workers on city streets, including more than 1,000 police officers, 1,250 street-based staff working for the city council itself, 250 parking attendants, 200 inspectors doing licensing and other tasks, 70 refuse trucks and 450 street cleaners, and some 70 wardens dealing with issues such as graffiti, rubbish, streetlights that don’t work, and dumped cars. These workers can send direct input to their back offices. The network is enabling the use of handheld devices for a variety of applications. These PDAs not only give field-force workers mobile access to back-office files, they can improve quality of reporting.When an inspector is doing a health check in a restaurant, online forms ensure that inspections are carried out correctly and uniformly. Parking is a major problem in Central London, but it generates a great deal of income for the city. Because parking attendants have been incentivized to issue as many tickets as they can, the city council was getting endless complaints. Now PDAs may be used to ensure that wardens can’t issue tickets before 8:30 a.m., and digital photos can be used to document controversial parking issues. Reduced office paperwork time for workers will also lower the city’s property rental costs. Because street cleaners are so often on the streets, they are being invited to help in the task of monitoring.
Website: http://www.westminster.gov.uk
Practitioner Name: Graham Ellis
Practitioner Tel: +44 020 7641 2014/ +44 07711 400 073
Practitioner E-mail: gellis@westminster.gov.uk
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Winston-Salem, NC
Location: USA
Abstract:
Wireless Winston is an outgrowth of a long-established collaborative project to position Winston-Salem/Forsyth County as a leader in the key technologies of the future. In October 2006, the WinstonNet Wireless Initiative committee announced that a collaboration of Azulstar Networks, Cisco Systems and IBM would build and operate “Wireless Winston,” a community wireless network spanning the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and eventually the outlying communities of Forsyth County. WinstonNet is a 501(c)3 that was launched in the mid-nineties to address connectivity issues between the Wake Forest University undergraduate campus and the medical school and hospital. The university had some extra fiber, and in 1996 and 1997 it built a 26-mile ring around the City of Winston-Salem. About 10 organizations make up WinstonNet, and members pay a fee to connect to the fiber ring. Wireless Winston evolved out of a strategic planning initiative of the 10-member organization, including a CEO, the presidents of the universities, the managers of the city and the county, to provide wireless and mobility for county government, mobile workers, and public safety. Economic development and access to affordable broadband are also major goals.
Website: http://www.winstonnet.org/wireless_initiative/index.html
Practitioner Name: Lynda Goff
Practitioner Tel: 336-714-2948
Practitioner E-mail: goff@wfu.edu
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York County, PA
Location: United States
Abstract:
Recognizing that broadband access has become an essential requirement for education, officials in York County, Pennsylvania, have been leasing a T1-based network for several years. The ongoing expense greatly impacted their IT budget. As the need to connect more facilities with network services requiring greater bandwidth grew, expansion became prohibitive due to the cost and time required for deployment. It became clear that wireless broadband would be the solution. After extensive research and testing, officials chose Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS®; a system designed to support high-quality broadband services by providing speeds of 10 Mbps or more in a secure, reliable link over license-exempt bands. Since Line of Sight was not available between facilities, the Non-Line of Sight capability of BreezeACCESS was ideal. York County saved an estimated $200,000 in the first year. Savings are expected to more than double annually as the wireless network is expanded.
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Practitioner Name: Bobby Simpson
Practitioner Tel: 717-848-3610
Practitioner E-mail: support@crispusattucks.org
Vendor Name 1: ALVR
Vendor Title 1: Alvarion-USA
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