Update on Municipal Wi-Fi: The future of the web and Real Estate Technology

By admin • August 31st, 2007

With Google at the forefront of Web Technology it is no wonder that they are testing their own version of Municipal WiFi in their hometown of Mountain View, California. (wifi.google.com) They are currently attracting around 15,000 users a month and local residents love it.

There are many different ways of achieving Municipal Wifi, from satellite coverage – where an area is blanketed in WiFi access – this method has many advantages, such as the ability to provide access to remote parts of the world which are not hardwired for broadband or routers. However the major disadvantage is cost. Other more common methods involve using conventional technology such as attaching Wireless Routers to telephone poles and road signs in the manner which Google have in Mountain View or utilizing cell phone towers to provide wifi access in the similar way to getting a signal on your cell phone. – Called 4G technology. All of these methods are part of what is termed ‘WiMax‘ a standard of developing mass wireless broadband through some or a combination of these technologies.

Google is not the only company to test out its own model of providing wireless to a town, Norwich City Council in the UK have provided a service to the city service as a test bed, dubbed OpenLink.

The potential for use in the Real Estate Industry is great, agents would no longer be tied to desktop computers in the office – allowing a dynamic office environment no longer governed by the layout of offices and workstations. Similarly whilst on the road they would have complete access to a property’s tax records, MLS Data as well as update their blog and listing details whilst out at a property.

The hold in the development in this technological advance is financing, cities no longer want to shoulder the cost of developing and maintaining the network infrastructure alone and would like to spread the risk by bringing on board existing or new technology/communications companies.

Of course this will be one development which the Real Estate Industry will watch closely as it develops in the coming years.

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