WiFiNetNews reports that Amsterdam is planning a WiFi city cloud. HotSpot Amsterdam, will surpass other Amsterdam WiFi nodes, with some 125 base stations planned to cover all of Amsterdam:
WiFiNetNews says;
The company is mainly targeting expats, students, and people who share accommodation. Those types of residents may be reluctant to have DSL or cable installed in their location if they don t intend to stay long term.
Subscribers will pay just under 15 Euros per month for a 256 Kbps connection. The operator may be smart to target a transient population and offer a low price because it will likely struggle at least initially to ensure that coverage and capacity are adequate.
Hopling Technologies, “the world-leading provider of wireless meshed network solutions” will deploy the network. Every Hopling mark-II dual-band node employs an innovative method for routing IP packets between nodes. It allows these nodes to pass these packets through their neighbors to nodes with which they cannot directly communicate. A Hopling mark-II mesh router is also able to handle changes in routes and can create new routes if it encounters an error. The seamless network provides VPN security and additional access security.
The Port of Amsterdam installed a WiFi network three months ago, covering its 30 square kilometers, but that network is not for public use. The Port of Amsterdam WiFi network covers the harbour’s 12 square miles using equipment from Radionet of Finland, which needed just 19 base stations. The Port of Amsterdam is the fifth largest port in Europe.
The Port of Seattle uses Vivato phased arrays. Tideworks Technology installed four Vivato 802.11b switches and a few repeaters to cover 190 acres of the outdoor containerized terminal.
MuniWireless covers municipal wireless projects, especially in Europe.
.gif)
