Wireless Commons and Innovation François Bar Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California cc attribution 2.0 "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) 1
1. Cordless Ethernet: 60,000,000 devices worldwide 2
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Photo credit: Hope Hall Lakeview Photo credit: Hope Hall 4
Lakeview, May/June 2004: 899 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC Lakeview, December 2004: 1407 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC 5
Humbolt Park Photo credit: Hope Hall Humbolt Park, June 2004: 39 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC 6
Humbolt Park, December 2004: 133 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC South Los Angeles Photo credit: Hope Hall 7
South Los Angeles, February 2005: 282 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC and Francois Bar, USC 2. Commercial Hotspots World-wide TOTAL 59,680 United States United Kingdom Germany France Japan Switzerland Italy Spain Canada Australia Euro-5 23,891 9,601 5,729 3,240 2,263 1,307 1,268 1,071 1,045 888 20,909 Source: Intel, 3/1/05 8
6766 International Locations 5378 US Locations Borders, Kinko s, Starbucks, Airports 9
Consolidators 10,245 locations worldwide 3,348 in the US 4,264 in the UK 15,000 locations worldwide 20,000 locations worldwide 3. Community Wireless Networks 10
Bryant Park, New York Daknet - First Mile Solutions http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/ 11
Telecentro Cultural Comunitário da Reserva Extrativista Tapajós-Arapiuns 12
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Photo credit: Hope Hall 4. Wireless Internet Service Providers "Top 10" Wireless Internet Service Providers Headquarters Wireless ISP Subscribers Communities served Omaha, NE SpeedNet Services, Inc. 7,000 235 Prescott Valley, AZ CommSpeed 4,579 - W. Des Moines, IA Prairie inet 4,001 120 Amarillo, TX AMA TechTel 4,000 - Communications Erie, CO Mesa Netw orks 3,000 - Moscow, ID FirstStep Internet 2,709 16 Lubbock, TX Blue Moon Solutions 2,000 - Owensboro, KY Owensboro Municipal 1,550 - Utilities Orem, UT Digis Networks 1,516 - Evergreen, CO wispertel 1,000 31 Source: B roadband Wireless M agazine (at http://www.bbwexchange.com/top10wisps.asp, as of 2/23/05) and company data 16
"Top 10" Wireless Internet Service Providers Headquarters Wireless ISP Subscribers Communities served Omaha, NE SpeedNet Services, Inc. 7,000 235 Prescott Valley, AZ CommSpeed 4,579 - W. Des Moines, IA Prairie inet 4,001 120 Amarillo, TX AMA TechTel 4,000 - Communications Erie, CO Mesa Networks 3,000 - Moscow, ID FirstStep Internet 2,709 16 Lubbock, TX Blue Moon Solutions 2,000 - Owensboro, KY Owensboro Municipal 1,550 - Utilities Orem, UT Digis Networks 1,516 - Evergreen, CO wispertel 1,000 31 Source: Broadband Wireless M agazine (at http://www.bbwexchange.com/top10wisps.asp, as of 2/23/05) and company data Prairie Inet Photo credit: Hope Hall 17
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Sidney, IL, May/June 2004: 47 nodes Mapping: Christian Sandvig, UIUC 5. Municipal Networks 80 cities in June 2004 Many in the planning stages 19
Municipal Networks: Long Beach 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 20
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 City of Philadelphia Downtown hot zone for free public Internet access City exploring possibilty of covering entire metro area Source: Tropos Networks 21
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Cordless Ethernet Homes & Campuses Public Hotspot Networks Cafes, Airports, Truckstops Community Networks Parks, Mountain-tops, remote areas Wireless ISPs Rural areas Municipal Networks Downtowns Ad-hoc Mesh Networks Wherever there are enough devices Licensing regimes Source : Isabel Neto 23
Source : Isabel Neto Bottom-up Communication Infrastructure Using unlicensed spectrum commons Rapid growth Decentralized infrastructure investment Multiple owners, multiple control patterns Unexpected innovation 24