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Municipalities and Broadband Wireless AccessMunicipalities
Municipalities worldwide are using broadband wireless access to serve metropolitan and rural areas. Common applications include mobile applications for public safety, public hotspots, city-wide surveillance systems, and municipalities functioning as a service provider. Broadband Wireless AccessWireless broadband offers a cost effective medium for delivering data, voice and video to diverse groups of users. Wireless systems are robust, reliable and secure. Deployment of broadband wireless systems eliminates the need and cost for trenching fiber optic cable and long runs of cable required to network large facilities. Large metropolitan systems can be deployed in a matter of days as opposed to weeks or months, and at a fraction of the cost of systems using fiber optic or traditional structured cabling networks.Municipal ISPsIt is becoming common for cities to function as Internet service providers. To develop economic growth, municipalities are extending the use of their wireless networks to both businesses and residences. Public Hotspots
Many cities are driving economic growth in downtown commercial zones by deploying public hotspots. By adding WiFi public internet access to commercial zones, cities have seen increases in both visitor dwell time and perceived value from merchants seeking retail locations for their business. City-Wide SurveillanceFocus on homeland security and public safety is at an all time high. By using a broadband wireless network, video cameras can be located in almost any location and monitored from any computer with internet access. Wireless backhaul of surveillance equipment can result in huge savings over traditional structured cabling solutions by eliminating lengthy cable runs back to monitoring stations.Mobile Applications for Public SafetyTimely information is critical to public safety agencies. Broadband wireless can provide high speed down transfers reports, mug shots, and real time streaming video to mobile field personnel. |
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