[OPLINLIST] Community Wide WiFi Service

[James Hill]

We haven't down community wide, but ACPL has a free wi-fi hotspot in the
village of Amesville.  It's an area of the county that doesn't have a
public library or cell phone coverage. We partnered with the village and
the local Grange to broadcast a signal across a highly visible parking lot.
It's on 24/7.  Coverage is theoretically limited to 100 feet, but I know
the signal is sometimes available much farther. We're using a product made
specifically for such purposes sold by Frontier Communications and called,
conveniently, a Hotspot antennae. Since installation, I've learned that
TMobile makes a similar product.

We've also tested mobile hotspots (like cellular routers about the size of
a phone) that allows up to 10 connected users at a time. In rural SE Ohio,
we found coverage very lacking. The Frontier antennae in Amesville is
hard-wired.

James

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On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Chad Neeper <cneeper at level9networks.com>
wrote:

> For additional practical insight, you also might also consider trying to
> find local cities/towns that have done this. If you already have a managed
> wireless network, you probably have a vendor/service provider. You might be
> able to contact them and see if they have any clients in your general
> vicinity that have done similar community-wide projects. I'd think the
> vendor might bend over backwards to put you in touch with that other
> client, considering that the vendor potentially stands to make a fair bit
> of money in the process!
>
> (In an ideal world, I'd think that community-wide coverage would be best
> considered a local government project. Having been alive for more than five
> minutes however...a local library is probably more likely to succeed!)
>
>
> 2 cents,
> Chad
>
>
>
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> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Cody Addy <CAddy at nctlib.org> wrote:
>
>> Have any of your libraries ever introduced a community wide "FREE" WiFi
>> service?  Basically, when one enters into the service range of the webbed
>> layout of towers/hubs their devices would connect for minimal usage.
>>
>>
>> I have been working with one of our local school IT personnel to make
>> this possible and was curious if anyone has done it before.  If so,
>> any information one may have would be great!
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> *D. Cody Addy*
>>
>> Director
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