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Geeks, Cowboys, and Bureaucrats: Deploying Broadband, the Wireless Way .

Geeks, Cowboys, and Bureaucrats: Deploying Broadband, the Wireless Way. François Bar Hernan Galperin Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California.

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Geeks, Cowboys, and Bureaucrats: Deploying Broadband, the Wireless Way .

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  1. Geeks, Cowboys, and Bureaucrats: Deploying Broadband, the Wireless Way. François BarHernan Galperin Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California

  2. "In the past two years another wireless system has been gradually developing, a system that has far outstripped all others in size and popularity… It is estimated that throughout the United States over four thousand amateur wireless telegraph stations are in active operation" Robert Morton in Outlook 94: p. 131 (Jan. 15, 1910)

  3. 1. Cordless Ethernet:60,000,000 devices worldwide

  4. Lakeview Photo credit: Hope Hall

  5. Lakeview, May/June 2004: 899 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC

  6. Lakeview, December 2004: 1407 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC

  7. Humbolt Park Photo credit: Hope Hall

  8. Humbolt Park, June 2004: 39 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC

  9. Humbolt Park, December 2004: 133 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC

  10. South Los Angeles Photo credit: Hope Hall

  11. South Los Angeles, February 2005: 282 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC and Francois Bar, USC

  12. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  13. 2. Commercial Hotspots Source: Intel, 3/1/05

  14. 6766 International Locations 5378  US Locations Borders, Kinko’s, Starbucks, Airports

  15. Consolidators 10,245 locations worldwide3,348 in the US4,264 in the UK 20,000 locations worldwide 15,000 locations worldwide

  16. 3. Community Wireless Networks

  17. Bryant Park, NY

  18. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  19. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  20. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  21. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  22. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  23. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  24. 4. Wireless Internet Service Providers

  25. Prairie Inet Photo credit: Hope Hall

  26. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  27. Photo credit: Hope Hall

  28. Sidney, IL, May/June 2004: 47 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC

  29. 5. Municipal Networks • 80 cities in June 2004 • Many in the planning stages

  30. Municipal Networks: Long Beach

  31. Chaska.net • City-owned ISP • Low-cost residential broadband service • Public safety use • Public works use • Fully installed and operational • Sixteen square mile coverage area • 7,500 homes passed • 1,500 subscribers signed (20% penetration) before network went live Source: Tropos Networks

  32. San Mateo Police Department • Coverage in downtown and along major thoroughfare • Wi-Fi enabled laptops in patrol cars • Access to LAWNET, a county-wide law enforcement Intranet • Amber Alert Information • Sex Offender Database • CA Gang Database • DMV records, with high resolution photos • In-field photo lineups Source: Tropos Networks

  33. City of Philadelphia • Downtown hot zone for free public Internet access • City exploring possibilty ofcovering entire metro area Source: Tropos Networks

  34. Public Hotspot Networks Cafes, Airports, Truckstops Community NetworksParks and Mountain-tops Cordless EthernetHomes & Campuses Wireless ISPsRural areas Municipal NetworksDowntowns Ad-hoc Mesh NetworksWherever there are enough devices

  35. Bottom-up Infrastructure • Rapid growth • Decentralized infrastructure investment • Multiple owners, multiple control patterns • Unexpected

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