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Mar-28-2009 List of Cities Muniwireless.com 28 March 2009 list of US cities and regions Region and citywide networks Tempe AZ looking for new provider Chandler AZ looking for new provider Pleasanton CA Network Anatomy Concord CA MetroFi Marina del Rey CA Planet Halo Fremont CA MetroFi Foster City CA MetroFi Pacifica CA Veraloft Galt CA Softcom Anaheim CA EarthLink Mountain View CA Google Milpitas CA Silicon Valley Unwired Pleasant Hill CA Air Cloud Communications Cerritos CA Cupertino CA MetroFi Sunnyvale CA MetroFi Lompoc CA Hermosa Beach CA free Internet access San Diego Indian tribal villages CA West Hollywood CA Riverside CA AT&T Vail CO CenturyTel Longmont CO DHB Networks St. Cloud FL Deployed and managed by Hewlett Packard Monticello FL Winter Park FL outdoor only Kissimmee FL Motorola, Scientel Hollywood FL wireless AMR, public safety, free WiFi in parks Adel GA Rome GA GTS Thomasville GA Rose.Net (owned by Thomasville Utilities) Naperville IL MetroFi Granite City IL Network 1 Linton IN Beech Grove IN Unplugged Cities Scottsburg IN Brownsburg IN Moving Target Marion IN Western Kansas KS Lexington KY Owensboro KY Vivian LA Princeton MA Cape Cod MA Brookline MA Galaxy, Strix, multi-use network including public safety Rockland ME Redzone Wireless Thomaston ME Redzone Wireless Annapolis MD Annapolis Wireless Allegany County MD CONXX Cumberland MD CONXX Coldwater MI operated by Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Bronson MI operated by Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Quincy MI operated by Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Tekonsha MI operated by Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Grand Haven MI Ferrysburg MI Springfield MI Spring Lake MI Gladstone MI Washtenaw County MI 20/20 Communications Austin MN Austin Utilities Minneapolis MN US Internet Buffalo MN Chaska MN Moorhead MN Florissant MO Network 1 Crestwood MO Network 1 Kirkwood MO Network 1 St. Paul MO Network 1 Dardenne Prairie MO Network 1 O'Fallon MO Network 1 Nevada MO Southaven MS Craven County NC Los Lunas NM Fire Island NY Gahanna OH DHB Networks Dublin OH DHB Networks Tulsa OK Ardmore OK Portland OR MetroFi, Microsoft Lebanon OR Sandy OR Umatilla County OR Philadelphia PA EarthLink network taken over by local investors Kutztown PA Wilkes-Barre PA Dublin PA South Pittsburg TN Trinity Communications, free WiFi access Farmers Branch TX Kite network closed; taken over by DHB Networks Linden TX Addison TX Red Moon, expanded, added more equipment Granbury TX Southlake TX wireless video surveillance application added Dallas TX wireless video surveillance Corpus Christi TX Page 1 of 6 Muniwireless.com 28 March 2009 list of US cities and regions New Braunfels TX Wise VA Radford VA Radnet Dickenson County VA Braxton County VA West Virginia Broadband (nonprofit) Island Pond VT Brandon VT Marshfield-Plainfield VT Grand Isle VT Westmore VT Stevenson WA Federal Way WA Benton County WA Renton WA Pasco WA Southeast Washington state WA Sun Prairie WI Waupaca WI Jackson WI Madison WI Mad City network taken over by Xiocom TOTAL 104 Page 2 of 6 Muniwireless.com 28 March 2009 list of US cities and regions City hotzones Scottsdale AZ Wildfire Wireless Broadband Surprise AZ Wildfire Wireless Broadband Fresno* CA San Joaquin CA Sanger CA Parlier CA Livermore CA Milpitas* CA EarthLink Newport Harbor CA Laguna Broadcasting Laguna Beach CA Laguna Broadcasting Covina CA Fullerton CA Culver City CA Los Angeles CA Encinitas CA San Carlos CA Covad Clovis CA Santa Barbara CA Burbank CA Pomona CA will expand Colorado Springs CO Denver CO Kiva Networks Fort Collins CO Nortel, Front Range Washington DC Wilmington DE Daytona Beach FL Panama City FL Sarasota FL Sanford FL Honolulu HI Meridian ID Highland Park IL Champaign IL Urbana IL Indianapolis IN Prestonsburg KY Meraki Lexington KY Louisville KY Frankfort KY Marshalltown IA New Orleans LA EarthLink pulled out, looking for new provider Nantucket MA Worcester MA Baltimore MD Macomb County MI Michigan City MI Sheridan MT Southern Pines NC Aberdeen NC Greenville NC Wilmington NC Dover City NH Portsmouth NH Nashua NH Elizabeth NJ city-owned Rochester NY Glen Cove NY Long Island NY Cablevision Utica NY Solon OH city-owned service available in parks and community center Dayton OH Cleveland OH Sapulpa OK Forest Grove OR Cisco Pittsburgh PA US Wireless Bethlehem PA Spartanburg SC San Antonio TX Richardson TX Houston TX Wi-Fi "bubbles" Spotsylvania VA Bristol VA Bristol Virginia Utilities service in local mall and govt buildings Williamsburg VA Alexandria VA Vienna VA Tropos, WiFi Wizards Bellevue WA Harborlink, Cisco Spokane WA Vancouver WA Kent WA Cedarburg WI Time Warner Cable Cody WY TOTAL 74 Page 3 of 6 Muniwireless.com 28 March 2009 list of US cities and regions Public safety and municipal use only networks Rio Rico AZ Tucson AZ first responder/emergency San Diego County CA San Mateo CA Milpitas CA Santa Clara CA Covad Ripon CA Fresno CA Pleasant Hill CA Aurora CO Salida CO North Miami Beach FL Wellington FL wireless AMR Sarasota County FL Riviera Beach FL Cocoa Beach FL Sarasota County FL Smyrna Beach FL Temple GA public safety and wireless video surveillance Washington GA public safety and wireless video surveillance Macon GA Thomson GA McDuffie County GA Savannah GA Pocatello ID public safety Clarendon Hills IL Kansas City KS Lenexa KS New Orleans LA Washington LA New Baltimore MI Buffalo MN Lewis & Clark County MO Wake County NC Lincoln NE Las Vegas NM Las Vegas NV Cheetah Wireless Jamestown NV North Ridgeville OH wireless AMR Logan OH Ponca City OK wireless AMR and free WiFi in parks Oklahoma City OK Beaverton OR Medford OR Reading PA wireless video surveillance York County PA Providence RI Rock Hill SC wireless AMR, public safety, video surveillance, free WiFi in parks Garland TX Colleyville TX Dallas TX wireless video surveillance McAllen TX wireless video surveillance Bellevue WA Seattle (port) WA Marquette WI Montpelier VT TOTAL 55 Page 4 of 6 Muniwireless.com 28 March 2009 list of US cities and regions City and countywide projects (received grants or RFP/RFI issued or deployment phase) Sahuarita AZ HP Phoenix AZ Flagstaff AZ RFP issued Gilbert AZ MobilePro out, looking for new provider Pinal County AZ Elk Grove CA Los Angeles CA RFP for consultant issued Napa CA AT&T out of project, city reevaluating Maywood CA Netlogix Chico CA Digital Path Oakland CA RFP for consultant issued Burbank CA Burbank public utility West Covina (RFP issued) CA Long Beach (RFP issued) CA Pasadena CA EarthLink out, looking for another provider Ontario CA MetroFi, status unclear Sacramento CA MetroConnect (Cisco, Intel, Seakay, Azulstar), status uncertain San Jose (RFP issued) CA Santa Monica CA status of project unclear Irvine CA Nextphase Wireless setting up public safety 4.9 GHz network Santa Rosa CA Sonic.net deploying Petaluma CA Sonic.net deploying Santa Clarita CA Silicon Valley CA 42 cities Arvada CO ten CO cities issued Boulder CO joint RFP Broomfield CO responses due 13 April Lakewood CO Louisville CO Superior CO Northglenn CO Thornton CO Wheat Ridge CO Golden CO Denver CO public safety onlySeakay/Azulstar/IBM/Cisco Windsor CO Nortel, Front Range Loveland CO Nortel, Front Range Hartford (pilot phase) CT Manchester (RFP issued) CT Broward County FL issued RFP in 2008 Gainesville FL Gainesville muni utility issued RFP for muni service and public access Delray Beach FL e-Path deploying Dunedin FL Citi Wifi Networks Miami Beach FL IBM acceptance testing phase St. Petersburg FL will deploy hotzone only Treasure Island FL Citi Wifi Networks Orlando FL Smart City Tampa FL setting up downtown hotzone Gwinett County (RFP issued) GA RFP issued Alpharetta (RFQ issued) GA municipal use only Atlanta (RFP issued) GA Decatur (RFP issued) GA grant received Augusta GA grant received, building out network Dublin GA grant received Gwinett County GA grant received Milledgeville-Baldwin County GA RFP issued Lincoln County GA Columbia County GA Warren County GA Wilkes County GA Statesboro GA RFP issued 6/08 Tabor City IA Efanz West Des Moines (RFP issued) IA Ketchum ID Crystal Lake IL in deployment; Heartland Communications Batavia IL Aurora IL RFI issued July 2008 Geneva IL St. Charles IL Montgomery County (RFP issued) IL RFP issued Macoupin County (RFP issued) IL RFP issued Chicago (RFP issued) IL Cook County IL public safety only Rockford IL Rochelle IL Rochelle Municipal Utilities South Bend IN Beech Grove IN Federal Signal Johnson County (RFP issued) KS North Newton KS approved vendor Wichita KS selecting vendor Lawrence KS Lawrence Free net Lafayette LA adding wireless to fiber network New Orleans LA EarthLink pulled out, looking for new provider Newton MA in deployment; Galaxy Internet Boston MA delayed Pepperell (preliminary plans) MA Malden MA Orleans MA Cambridge MA hotzone / MIT Somerville MA issued RFI in Dec 2008 Rockville MD AEPC and Ricochet deploying Cabin John (RFI issued) MD Towson MD deploying hotzone Springfield MI Muskegon MI Marquette MI Page 5 of 6 Muniwireless.com 28 March 2009 list of US cities and regions Genesee County (RFP issued) MI Ottawa County (RFP issued) MI Oakland County MI delayed, MichTel looking for investors Grand Rapids MI Clearwire Traverse City MI Burnsville MN Frontier Osseo MN Unplugged Cities, RoamAD St. Louis Park MN terminated contract with ARINC, looking for new vendor St. Louis MO AT&T scaled down plans to hotzone only Armory MS Winston-Salem County (testing phase) NC IBM, Cisco Chapel Hill NC hotzone only Rock Hill NC CSG Data, Tropos Charlotte (RFP issued) NC Columbus NE Frontier Carroll county NH led by nonprofit NCIC Coos county NH led
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