Comments on: Installation of a Public Wi Fi (802.11x) Network http://www.connectingbristol.org/2006/09/30/installation-of-a-public-wi-fi-80211x-network/ creative: smart: green: connected Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Connecting Bristol - Meeting the Digital Challenge » Bristol - Wireless City http://www.connectingbristol.org/2006/09/30/installation-of-a-public-wi-fi-80211x-network/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Connecting Bristol - Meeting the Digital Challenge » Bristol - Wireless City Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:40:06 +0000 http://connectingbristol.watershed.co.uk/?p=84#comment-328 [...] Bristol City Council issued an open expressions of interest document in which we invited suppliers of wireless networks to invest in Bristol, to help make it Europe’s most connected city. We didn’t offer money (as I don’t have any) but simply pointed out that Bristol is a fantastic place with thousands of students, a buoyant economy and a flare for innovation. Surely, any forward-thinking supplier would want to establish a footprint here?? [...] [...] Bristol City Council issued an open expressions of interest document in which we invited suppliers of wireless networks to invest in Bristol, to help make it Europe’s most connected city. We didn’t offer money (as I don’t have any) but simply pointed out that Bristol is a fantastic place with thousands of students, a buoyant economy and a flare for innovation. Surely, any forward-thinking supplier would want to establish a footprint here?? [...]

]]> By: Woodsy http://www.connectingbristol.org/2006/09/30/installation-of-a-public-wi-fi-80211x-network/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Woodsy Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:57:05 +0000 http://connectingbristol.watershed.co.uk/?p=84#comment-38 I think there is some scope with the right model to charge for access to businesses, give them a guaranteed level of service and still have bandwidth to spare that could be made available to the local community cheaper or for free; think of it as a social tax on business, particularly as many businesses have a parasitical relationship with the communities in which they operate, sucking money out and putting nothing back in. Looking away from IT & telecommunications, the idea outlined in the first sentence is exactly the opposite kind of model presently used by the banks, which charge private individuals far more than businesses (as a self-employed person I know this to be true). I think there is some scope with the right model to charge for access to businesses, give them a guaranteed level of service and still have bandwidth to spare that could be made available to the local community cheaper or for free; think of it as a social tax on business, particularly as many businesses have a parasitical relationship with the communities in which they operate, sucking money out and putting nothing back in.

Looking away from IT & telecommunications, the idea outlined in the first sentence is exactly the opposite kind of model presently used by the banks, which charge private individuals far more than businesses (as a self-employed person I know this to be true).

]]> By: Stephen Hilton http://www.connectingbristol.org/2006/09/30/installation-of-a-public-wi-fi-80211x-network/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Stephen Hilton Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:56:50 +0000 http://connectingbristol.watershed.co.uk/?p=84#comment-37 Free or low cost access would certainly be a great community benefit. I guess the issue is whether any commercial models can be developed that help deliver this. what do you think? Free or low cost access would certainly be a great community benefit. I guess the issue is whether any commercial models can be developed that help deliver this. what do you think?

]]> By: Woodsy http://www.connectingbristol.org/2006/09/30/installation-of-a-public-wi-fi-80211x-network/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Woodsy Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:25:46 +0000 http://connectingbristol.watershed.co.uk/?p=84#comment-29 I'd like to know more about the 'community benefits' and how a commercially supplied wifi network could do this, particularly in the deprived parts of the city, especially as I know people for whom ordinary broadband packages costing roughly £20/month are too expensive. I’d like to know more about the ‘community benefits’ and how a commercially supplied wifi network could do this, particularly in the deprived parts of the city, especially as I know people for whom ordinary broadband packages costing roughly £20/month are too expensive.

]]> By: Gabriel Scally http://www.connectingbristol.org/2006/09/30/installation-of-a-public-wi-fi-80211x-network/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Gabriel Scally Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:28:12 +0000 http://connectingbristol.watershed.co.uk/?p=84#comment-28 I am delighted to see this initiative. I hope that it does extend across the whole city. If it does it will represent a major leap forward for Bristol. I am delighted to see this initiative. I hope that it does extend across the whole city. If it does it will represent a major leap forward for Bristol.

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