COMING JUNE
2008
SmartRiveriside in conjunction with the City of Riverside has
gone out to request for proposal (RFP) for a free City Wide Internet project to make Riverside
a leader in technology deployment. This project will benefit
merchants looking to attract residents looking to eat or shop anywhere
in the City and still have access to e-mail, work projects or the
Internet rather than having residents restricted to their
households. It will also enable companies and residents
looking
for more cost effective Internet Service Providers to consider this
network. Residents that cannot afford a computer or Internet
Access will be able to take part and qualify for a free used computer
and take advantage of the free Internet service as well through
SmartRiverside’s Digital Inclusion
Program. The City
of Riverside continues to be a leader in technology innovation and use
and the City –wide Wireless project will continue the charge
of
making Riverside a Smart City.
Coverage
The selected
vendor is required to provide 95% coverage for
the developed areas of the City’s 86 square miles which
equates
to approximately 54 square miles. Access points will be
placed at
the rate of 30-35 per square mile with each having a range of
approximately 1,000 feet depending on topography. Access
points
will be installed on street lights, traffic signals, and City
facilities (so areas further than 1000 feet from any of these may have
limited to no access).
How
is it free
They City of
Riverside has offered access to City facilities
and power at no charge to the selected vendor who is contractually
obligated to deliver on agreed upon service level agreements.
The
vendor will be able to sell on line advertisements and premium services
(those that compete with other carriers services to offer competitive
products for our citizens). The offsetting revenue from these
premiums services, the commitment from the City of Riverside to be the
anchor tenant by using this network for data services, and the City
providing the facilities for installation, all make it possible for the
vendor to offer a basic level of free service to all of our citizens.
What
is the speed
Speeds will vary
based on the location of access (outside
versus inside and proximity to an access point). Average
speeds
are expected to be 512Kbps which is 10 times faster that a 56Kbps dial
up connection many of our households still use. It likely
will
not be as fast as cable and DSL services, but the vendor will also
offer premium services that will be competitive to those services.
Are
there health concerns
Various
studies are in process concerning the health impacts
of the radiation of Wireless Access Points. The technology
being
implemented in the City of Riverside emits less radiation that a
typical microwave oven. Studies will be posted as they are
published: http://microcast.biz/mw0206health.pdf
Will
it be secure?
The Network shall
support multi-layered security protocols and methods to include, at a
minimum, the following:
a.
Physical security for all critical network equipment components via
secured facilities.
b.
Mechanisms to prevent or mitigate the risk of
hackers, spammers, denial of service and other forms of malicious
attacks on or through the Network. These mechanisms should balance the
need to prevent these attacks, while at the same time not punishing or
burdening unnecessarily all users of the Network.
c. No client
software that is specific to the Network Operator
or Service Provider(s) shall be required on PCs, laptops, or other
mobile devices in order to use the Network.
d. Support for
Media Access Control ("MAC") address filtering.
e. Support for
Wired Equivalent Privacy ("WEP") encryption, including both 64 and 128
bit keys.
f. Support for
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol ("TKIP") encryption.
g. Support for
Advanced Encryption Standard ("AES") encryption.
h. Support for
WiFi Protected Access ("WPA").
i. Support for
802.lx authentication using Extensible
Authentication Protocol ("EAP") and Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service ("RADIUS").
J. Support for
the suppression of Extended Service Set Identifier ("ESSID") broadcasts.
k. Support for
multiple ESSIDs and the ability to map ESSIDs individually to Virtual
LANs ("VLANs").
l. Support for
filtering of traffic based on Internet Protocol
("IP") addresses, subnets and Transmission Control Protocol ("TCP")
ports.
m. Support for
VPN tunneling using Internet Protocol Security
("IPSec"). This VPN support must support true end-to-end encryption,
regardless of at what point in the Network users elect to terminate
their session.
n. Support for
encryption of all control and network management traffic.
o. Provide tools
for spam blocker, pop-up blocker, virus blocker, parental controls and
privacy controls. |
