Aaron the Librarian

This is my concatenation of my and Miriam Nisbet’s notes:

___Municipal Wireless

Greg Rohde
FCC has stayed out of this so far
Many models of service out there, most using unlicensed spectrum
Spectrum Issues
1. Cities may want to get in on the 2008 auction of the 700 Hz bands
2. 2.5 Mhz band vastly underutilized right now
:main license holders are: Clearwire and educational institutions

John Windhausen
Municipalities have great opportunity- some neighbohoods already going forward
Some issues
1. What are the effects on deployemnt of other technologies now that wifi is here?
2.How will this affect fiber deployment? May discourage it though it’s a better technology

– One negative aspect of unlicensed spectrum technology (WiFi, etc) is lower security
– Libraries should work with local governements to discuss how a municipal system could be used by libraries as well as 1st responders, public safety - esp to act as a disaster center (in addition to serving the public every day) for the community
– Should we look into wireless and fiber as mutually exclusive? no really need both - shouldn’t rely on any one system for communication needs