Good interview about the presentation

http://www. nytimes. com/2009/05/10/business/10corner. html? _r = 1.

Municipal Wi-Fi networks require the development of new business models

Only a year ago, almost every American city had a greater or lesser degree of implementation of plans to deploy a municipal wireless network Wi-Fi, which could provide a significant number of residents access regardless of location and size of the purse. Newspaper MuniWireless estimates that to date in the U.S. for at least 455 cities began to build, or are seriously considering a project to deploy municipal wireless network. Two years ago there were only 122. Now the economy has made adjustments to their ruthless and city officials, along with companies willing to build infrastructure for networks Wi-Fi, have serious feasibility and calculate return on such projects, says Telecom Direct News.
In fact, all the calculations are reduced to trying to predict what kind of business model will be able to recoup the multimillion-dollar investment and will provide further financial network maintenance. For example, the well- known company EarthLink refuses to finance much of the work in deploying municipal networks, Wi-Fi, as it tried to do previously, and suggests the city authorities to take some risks. Most recently the company has refused to invest 14 million. USD. (from the required 17 million. ) In the draft municipal network in San Francisco, as the experience of return on investment based on Wi-Fi- network Philadelphia and New Orleans showed that connect the required number of regular subscribers becomes almost impossible task. Moreover, EarthLink is willing to pay 5 million. USD. Houston's city government to get more time to thinking about whether to invest in the project worth $ 50 million. USD.
As practice shows, the city authorities are also ready to change plans if the business model of wireless infrastructure, it will seem dubious. For example, the municipality of Chicago refused to Wi-Fi network worth 18.5 million. USD. The big question is the project to deploy a wireless network, worth about 20 million. USD. In Milwaukee.
On the other hand, analysts do not believe that municipal Wi-Fi networks is the end. Just go the natural search for new business models.
Source:. Nag. ru.

Intel speeds up introduction of 802.11n wireless standard

presented. a new wireless controller Next-Gen Wireless-N, which becomes part of the mobile platform Centrino Duo.
The controller is the next generation of Next-Gen Wireless-N corresponds to the drafts of the specification 802. 11n. Standard 802. 11n suggests the possibility of data transmission in wireless networks at speeds up to 600 Mbit / s. For comparison, the WiMAX standard provides a throughput of up to 70 Mbit / s. Standard 802. 11n, which uses unlicensed in most countries of the frequency bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, backward compatible with 802. 11a/b/g.
Ratification of the standard 802. 11n may be delayed until 2008. Nevertheless, many experts believe that the final version of the specification will be little different from the rough. That's why Intel has decided to accelerate the adoption of the standard, without waiting for the final completion of its development.
At Intel, noted that the new controller Next-Gen Wireless-N is different low -power, making battery life a laptop battery in a wireless network will increase by about an hour, compared to existing solutions the standard 802. 11n. Simultaneously with the announcement of the Next-Gen Wireless-N, Intel announced the launch of the program Connect with Centrino, within which is testing a new wireless controller for compatibility with other manufacturers, in particular, Asus, Belkin, Buffalo, D-Link and Netgear.
It is expected that laptops with controllers Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N before the end of this month will release the company Acer, Asus, Gateway and Toshiba. Organization of Wi-Fi Alliance plans to begin certification of devices that meet the draft specification 802. 11n, in the second quarter of this year.
Source:. Kompyulenta.