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PHILADELPHIA
EXPANDS FREE PUBLIC NETWORK WITH TROPOS METRO-SCALE WI-FI |
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City of Brotherly Love partners with Tropos Networks and
Syndeo Communications to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access at
marquis city landmarks |
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PHILADELPHIA, PA, September
28, 2004
Tropos Networks, the leading supplier of equipment used to build
metro-scale Wi-Fi networks, today announced that the City of
Philadelphia is further expanding its free Internet access metro-scale
Wi-Fi network to cover some of the city’s most famous
landmarks. Using the Tropos Wi-Fi System, the network is already
operational in and around Love Park, and has recently been made
available to residents and visitors within an increased Wi-Fi
footprint. |
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Tying into the existing Love Park coverage
zone, the network is now accessible continuing down the Benjamin
Franklin Parkway to the area around the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, a city institution made famous worldwide by an unforgettable
scene in the movie “Rocky.” Users are able to access
email, the Internet, and their corporate VPNs from anywhere
in the coverage zone, including the famous museum steps. |
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“The residents of Philadelphia take
great pride in our community and want to further foster and
grow community communications and connectivity,” said
Philadelphia CIO Dianah Neff. “We are very pleased with
the performance, low cost and ease-of use of our Tropos metro-scale
Wi-Fi equipment and with the public response to this great service.”
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The City of Philadelphia selected Syndeo
Communications of Lafayette, Louisiana, to help with the planning
and installation of the metro-scale Wi-Fi network. Because of
the incredible simplicity of the Tropos design, the network
was quick and easy to install, and large areas were completely
unwired in a matter of hours. |
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The Philadelphia Wi-Fi network utilizes Tropos
5110 Wi-Fi cells, an outdoor-optimized and ruggedized wireless
mesh router based on the 802.11 standard. The Tropos 5110 quickly
and economically uses the intelligent Tropos Predictive Wireless
Routing Protocol (PWRP) to provide pervasive coverage over metro
areas. The Tropos PWRP routes traffic wirelessly, eliminating
up to 95% of the wired backhaul associated with traditional
access point solutions. Tropos Wi-Fi cells form a wireless mesh,
dynamically routing traffic along the highest throughput path
to a wired gateway. This intelligent routing negates effects
of radio frequency (RF) interference, wired backhaul failure
and node failure. PWRP also scales to thousands of nodes with
the lowest routing overhead in the industry. Network support
costs are minimized via the central management capabilities
of the Tropos Control Element Manager, a configuration, monitoring
and maintenance tool. |
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Philadelphia is the latest in a rapidly growing
group of municipalities to deploy metro-scale Wi-Fi from Tropos
Networks. Tropos Wi-Fi mesh networking systems are used for
a variety of public Internet access and mission critical applications
including public safety; database access; residential, business
and mobile user internet access; video surveillance and automated
meter reading, to name a few. |
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About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos Networks, Inc., is the leading supplier of systems used
to build metro-scale, outdoor Wi-Fi networks. Tropos’
unique Wi-Fi cells, along with the first element manager to
control large Wi-Fi networks, enable public agencies and service
providers to deliver ubiquitous, city-wide mobile broadband
to users in any locale. These carrier-class IP networks are
low cost and easy to install and scale. The Tropos cellular
mesh architecture and use of optimized open-standard radios
dramatically reduce the need for wired backhaul while eliminating
expensive proprietary clients and complex software. Using the
patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol, Tropos solutions
deliver maximum bandwidth to the user regardless of conditions,
at unprecedented Wi-Fi network scale. Tropos Networks is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit
www.tropos.com,
call 408-331-6800 or write to
info@tropos.com. |
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Tropos Networks, Tropos and PWRP are trademarks
of Tropos Networks, Inc. All other brand or product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). |
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