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- Jerry James Stone
- March 22, 2009
- 5:19 am
- 16 comments
Meraki–the ubiquitous WiFi company–announced their mission to bring affordable Internet access to everyone via new solar powered mesh repeaters. Here in San Francisco, I often connect my iPhone to their Free the Net hot spots while out and about.
But San Francisco isn’t the only place to benefit from this. According to the company, their customers span 125 countries and range from operators for individual buildings to large carriers connecting entire towns and regions. It seems their new solar units can only further their goal. The units will be ideal for such places as fair grounds, parks and rural areas. The unit isn’t cheap, costing $749 for a bring-your-own-panel model and up to $1,499 for larger units. But as pricey as that is, it can be significantly less than a wired solution.
It will be interesting to see if Meraki can complete their goal considering how large companies like Google and EarthLink have failed at such efforts both in San Francisco and in other cities like Philadelphia.
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+ add your ownVery innovative.
Very interesting concept!
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Thanks for the article. Solar is good. Anxious to see if this expands to other cities.
Thanks for the article.
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What about tax breaks, as far as cost. Also, some will be able to pay and then if the company is smart they will lower the cost a little so others will pay, if That is what would happen.
Keep up the good work CA.
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I hope this works, our city had promised this a few years ago. Got the poles up, even some panels, but never finished -- too many complaints and not consistant enough. good luck
interesting...
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