Cisco Cisco Aironet 1524 Lightweight Outdoor Mesh Access Point Guía De Información
Customer Case Study
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With the help of a Cisco sales and engineering team, Photo Violation created a service that offers
free Wi-Fi Internet access to any wireless device within 300 feet of a PhotoViolationMeter. And just
like that, a parking meter company also became a wireless Internet service provider.
free Wi-Fi Internet access to any wireless device within 300 feet of a PhotoViolationMeter. And just
like that, a parking meter company also became a wireless Internet service provider.
“We created a service called WiCity™ to provide free wireless Internet access to the city,”
Mitschele says.
Mitschele says.
Business Results
In creating WiCity™, Mitschele reasoned that free Wi-Fi access would give municipalities an added
incentive to invest in the wireless parking meters. In fact, the reverse also proved true: the wireless
parking meters gave municipalities a good reason to consider offering free Wi-Fi. For the past
several years, many cities have considered offering free Wi-Fi Internet access as a civic service,
but have hesitated because there was no clear financial benefit. With WiCity and the Cisco
network, Photo Violation offers cities both a civic service and a revenue stream.
incentive to invest in the wireless parking meters. In fact, the reverse also proved true: the wireless
parking meters gave municipalities a good reason to consider offering free Wi-Fi. For the past
several years, many cities have considered offering free Wi-Fi Internet access as a civic service,
but have hesitated because there was no clear financial benefit. With WiCity and the Cisco
network, Photo Violation offers cities both a civic service and a revenue stream.
Not only can Niagara Falls vastly increase its revenue from parking fees, but the city has also a
gained a reputation as a tech-savvy host. Visitors can now get free Internet access from their hotel
rooms. The city plans to expand the two-square-mile trial into a city-wide deployment. Photo
Violation and city officials are discussing plans to offer additional municipal services on the wireless
outdoor access points, such as in-vehicle, IP-based video surveillance or wireless meter reading.
gained a reputation as a tech-savvy host. Visitors can now get free Internet access from their hotel
rooms. The city plans to expand the two-square-mile trial into a city-wide deployment. Photo
Violation and city officials are discussing plans to offer additional municipal services on the wireless
outdoor access points, such as in-vehicle, IP-based video surveillance or wireless meter reading.
Photo Violation is conducting WiCity and parking meter trials in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park
and at the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands. Mitschele says that the company also
has heard from some 50 other cities worldwide that are interested in deploying wireless parking
meters and offering free Wi-Fi.
and at the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands. Mitschele says that the company also
has heard from some 50 other cities worldwide that are interested in deploying wireless parking
meters and offering free Wi-Fi.
“The business model works great for us,” Mitschele
says. “We offer a model that justifies municipal Wi-Fi
service. With the Cisco wireless mesh network,
almost anyone can be a professional service
provider. We’re receiving active calls from city
says. “We offer a model that justifies municipal Wi-Fi
service. With the Cisco wireless mesh network,
almost anyone can be a professional service
provider. We’re receiving active calls from city
officials all the time. And they’re always more confident when they find out we’re using Cisco for the
Wi-Fi equipment.”
Wi-Fi equipment.”
Next Steps
Joining the parking management and Wi-Fi businesses has proven so successful that Photo
Violation and Cisco are discussing the possibility of installing access point technology directly into
the PhotoViolationMeters, so that they work both as parking meters and as Internet access points,
Mitschele says.
Violation and Cisco are discussing the possibility of installing access point technology directly into
the PhotoViolationMeters, so that they work both as parking meters and as Internet access points,
Mitschele says.
And although parking management is still Photo Violation’s core business, the company continues
to explore its future as a Wi-Fi service provider.
to explore its future as a Wi-Fi service provider.
“We’re going to try to put together a service in which we offer municipal Wi-Fi VoIP phone services
for a low monthly fee,” Mitschele says, noting that Cisco offers superior billing and provisioning
tools for Wi-Fi service providers.
for a low monthly fee,” Mitschele says, noting that Cisco offers superior billing and provisioning
tools for Wi-Fi service providers.
PRODUCT LIST
● Cisco Aironet 1500 Series Lightweight
Outdoor Mesh Access Point
● Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers.