Vivato today announced that it has received equipment authorization under FCC Part 15C rules for its Wi-Fi Bridge/Router.
The $495 dual-radio Vivato Bridge/Router is an 802.11b product that performs multiple functions, including wireless backhaul and the extension of Wi-Fi coverage and capacity.
The device, which features dual 200 mW radios, can interoperate as a system with Vivato’s Wi-Fi Switches or to function as a stand-alone device. One method of deployment for the Bridge/Router is to use one radio to provide backhaul from a Vivato switch, while the other radio functions as an access point to increase Wi-Fi coverage.
Put ‘em on solar-powered, transit schedule posts (left) and cover the town.
“The FCC approval gives us the green light to offer customers a complete line of standardized Wi-Fi solutions,” said Phil Belanger, vice president of marketing at Vivato. “The Vivato Wi-Fi Bridge/Router is a versatile product that compliments the Vivato switches in large scale deployments, but also provides small and mid-sized businesses with an enterprise-class access point solution.”
Portland’s Tri-Met, like other cities, features Pocket PC and Palm Schedules (right). They can be download in one .zip file or as individual schedule files.
Transit TrackerUp-to-the-minute arrival times |
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TriMet is hosting the American Public Transportation Association’s Light Rail Conference , taking place in Portland from Nov. 16-18.
Hey, Tri-Met, how about putting WiFi on trains? Funds are available. Top Global’s MobileBridge & InMotion’s onBoard Mobile Gateway are no brainers. Plug it in. Sprint or Verizon supplies the backbone. AT&T’s EDGE will be everywhere soon with a mobile backbone at 100 to 130 kbps. Make it free - like bike racks. Do the math. It’s basic common sense.
Portland’s city council approved a $15.6 million budget for a .6 mile extension on the city’s downtown Streetcar. It will take the streetcar to RiverPlace near the Willamette River. It also hired Stacy & Witbeck as the project’s general contractor. Stacy and Witbeck, David Evans and Associates, LTK Engineering Services and Otak do much of the engineering for the transit agency.
The Portland region has begun work on operational ITS projects through TransPort, a regional partnership of both the public and private sectors. The current TransPort plan contains 15 regional ITS projects and TriMet has been a significant contributor on three of them.
In other transportation news, Oregon officials have approved more than $1.3 billion in transportation spending for 2004-07. Projects range from $431,000 to install a traffic signal in La Grande, to $1.8 million for road and bike lane reconstruction on Portland’s Northwest 23rd Avenue, to $16 million for paving in Medford.
Meanwhile, Gov. Ted Kulongoski kicked off what he is calling his “Connect Oregon” tour to the far reaches of the state in an custom-made motor coach equipped with Intel wireless gear with satellite connections. It marked the inaugural voyage of “Coach One,” a 40-foot motor home loaned to Kulongoski for his statewide travels by Associated Oregon Industries, the state’s top business lobby. The agenda Tuesday includes a visit to Wheeler High School in Fossil and “main street” tours of Madras and Sisters. The trip ends Wednesday in Eugene.
Soon Oregon will receive more than $30 million in federal homeland security funds. An expanded Columbia River emergency-alert network will be tested this Thursday.
Federal officials have said they’re impressed by the network, organized by Oregon RAINS. RAINS-Net captures real-time data in a 9-1-1 center and redistributes it broadly to public safety workers. Other states are interested.
According to an editorial in the Oregonian this week:
“We’re sure it won’t be lost on Gov. Ted Kulongoski that, by investing from $500,000 to $1 million in expanding the network, Oregon could simultaneously boost its own safety and its long-term economic development prospects”.
The governor’s cabinet of emergency advisers will meet Nov. 24 to mull its spending options.
Don Bradner put a 2-way Datastorm on his RV and established a Datastorm Users Group. Check out Don and Joy’s Adventures.
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