[CUWiN] WIFI-PLUS Press release

WiFi-PLUS, Inc.




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating antennas

Community WiFi service made possible by WiFi-Plus antennas.


Chicago, IL. – July 28, 2004  – Hermosa Beach, a California beach town of
21,000 will offer free broadband wireless service (802.11 a/g) to all city
residents and businesses using WiFi-Plus, Inc. multi-polarity antennas as
part of the most advanced wireless mesh WiFi system in the country.



City Councilman Michael Keegan championed “the vision to provide the FREEway
to the Internet to the city like other basic services, as a public amenity
and convenience”, following his experience with a Hotspot at his local
bakery/café. “Hermosa Beach residents now have a choice to surf the Internet
just as they surf the Pacific -  with rad’ speed 5 times faster than DSL at
up to 6 Mbs per second, and “glassy” conditions”. Said a city official.



The system has been designed and will be installed by LA Unplugged, a
Hermosa Beach Systems Integrator. LA Unplugged President, Eric Black,
stated, “Hermosa Beach will deploy the most advance municipal WiFi system in
the country.  It has the highest throughput, the strongest security, and the
broadest coverage available in the WiFi marketplace today.  Each
communication node consists of multiple radios, advanced mesh networking
software, AES encrypted wireless backhaul links, and multi-polarized (MP)
antennas. This system will be the model for others to emulate.”


Dennis Broderick, President of WiFi-Plus, Inc. said, “The Hermosa Beach
system offers further proof that multi-polarity antennas provide a level of
system capital cost reduction and increased performance that enables
wireless communications availability. Hermosa Beach officials are to be
applauded for this service to its businesses, residents and city operations.
While the service will serve the interests of commerce and quality of life
in Hermosa Beach, WiFi can also enable the safety of Hermosa Beach for all,
offering new communications options such as digital signage, and first
responder video feeds.”





In Phase I of the Hermosa Beach Internet signal deployment, 9 access point
nodes will be placed up and down Pier Avenue with coverage extending to 35%
of the land area in the city.



The free wireless (802.11a/g WiFi) network will be launched at 4PM on August
11, 2004 at the Hermosa Beach Community Center, 710 Pier Avenue, with a
reception following at Sangria Restaurant, located at 68 Pier Avenue. City
Council members will be present to celebrate the launch.



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About WiFi-Plus, Inc.

Wifi-Plus, Inc with offices in Cleveland and Chicago holds exclusive patent
rights on its proprietary MP antenna designs.  These obstruction-penetrating
antennas gather multi-path reflection and refractions in multiple
polarizations. achieving superior coverage in areas that other antennas fade
or drop out. WiFi-Plus multi-polarized (MP) antennas collect the available
signal in a Doppler-like, 3 dimensional space and combine these signals to
produce a signal that would otherwise be considered non-existent.



WiFi-Plus is the only antenna manufacturer able to make such a claim. The
rapidly growing base of WiFi-Plus, Inc. antenna users include
municipalities, telecom providers, retailers, corporations, military, public
safety, emergency response, academic, research and government organizations.
The firm operates through various distribution channels and alliances to
advance supply for various applications including electronic signage and
kiosk networks for retail, commercial and public information applications.
Contact Doug Crawford at

708-623-7616, [email protected] or see www.wifi-plus.com



About LA Unplugged
Company Description
LA Unplugged is a new firm designed to help others provide wireless internet
services. We're particularly focused on the use of emerging technologies
from
smart antennas to point-to-multipoint to mesh networks. We're committed to a
future with reduced wires, reduced costs, and increased mobility. We assist
others to create wireless networks for their customers, their residents,
their
employees, and their citizens.



Media Contacts:

For City of Hermosa Beach

Andrea Cohen

(310) 202-8503

Steve Burrell (City Manager)

(310) 318-0216

Yan Louie (Systems Integrator)

(714) 306-6008

www.wifihermosabeach.com

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