<div dir="ltr"><div><div>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.<br><br></div>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.<br><br></div>James<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>_______________________________________________<br><span style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>James Hill, </b></font></span><br>Asst. Director <span>740-753-2118 office</span><br>Athens County Public Libraries <span>740-447-8200 mobile</span><br>95 W. Washington St. <span>740-753-3543 fax</span> <br>Nelsonville OH 45764<br><br><b>FIND US:</b><br></div><div>MyACPL.org<br></div><div><a href="http://facebook.com/MyACPL" target="_blank">facebook.com/MyACPL</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/myacpl" target="_blank">twitter.com/myacpl</a><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/myacpl" target="_blank">flickr.com/photos/myacpl</a><br><a href="http://storify.com/myacpl" target="_blank">storify.com/myacpl</a><br><a href="http://myacpl.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">myacpl.tumblr.com/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Chad Neeper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cneeper@level9networks.com" target="_blank">cneeper@level9networks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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!<div><br></div><div>(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!)<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2 cents,</div><div>Chad</div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1"><a href="tel:740-548-8070" value="+17405488070" target="_blank">740-548-8070</a> (voice)<br><a href="tel:866-214-6607" value="+18662146607" target="_blank">866-214-6607</a> (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div>
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