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Incipient Technologies and Firetide bring Free Wi-Fi
to College Town
LOS GATOS, Calif. –April 4, 2005 - Firetide, Inc., a leader in
wireless mesh networking, and Incipient Technologies, a wireless
Internet service provider and systems integrator, today announced
the installation of a Firetide mesh network in the city of Isla
Vista. The southern California college town now has free Wi-Fi access
in the downtown area.
“When we began this project, our goal was to provide a cost-effective,
quality Internet service to the residents of Isla Vista,” said Steve
LeBoeuf of Incipient Technologies. “Since the majority of residents
are university students, cost was as much a factor as coverage.
By using a wireless mesh topology, we were able to cover a majority
of the businesses and recreational areas without the expense of
a traditional wire based backbone. The Firetide mesh equipment we
chose provides a solid, self healing network our customers can rely
on.”
The wireless mesh network covers approximately 10 acres of commercial
space in the downtown area including 26 businesses and three parks.
The densely populated town has more than 20,000 residents in an
area slightly larger than 2 square miles. Most of these residents
are students of the various colleges and universities in the Santa
Barbara and Goleta area, most notably UC Santa Barbara.
“Isla Vista represents what is becoming a typical Firetide customer,”
said Bo Larsson, CEO of Firetide. “It is a community with highly
mobile residents who expect anywhere, anytime access to the Internet.
Firetide provides a reliable, cost-effective solution that is fast
and easy to install.”
Firetide networks are ideal for environments such as hotels, airports,
convention centers, municipalities, warehouses, and other campus
environments where structured wiring such as Ethernet or fiber cabling
is too difficult or costly to install.
Firetide mesh networks provide a high performance wireless backbone
that supports multiple applications and services, including those
that require extra capacity and fast throughput. They are designed
especially for high-bandwidth/low latency applications such as video
networks, voice over IP services, and Wi-Fi HotZones. The self-configuring,
self-healing mesh network scales quickly and easily, resulting in
a powerful and reliable wireless network.
Firetide products are sold through channel partners including distributors,
value added resellers (VARs), and systems integrators. For more
information about Firetide products, please visit www.firetide.com.
Firetide is a privately held wireless mesh technology company that
develops networking equipment to deploy high performance, scalable
wireless mesh networks quickly, easily and affordably. Firetide's
Instant Networking solution is ideal for building backbone infrastructure
for Wi-Fi networks, video networks, and temporary networks in a
variety of environments, such as Internet HotZones, airports, hotels,
campus environments, or other locations where wiring is too difficult
or expensive to install. Investors include Menlo Ventures, HMS Ventures,
Hawaiian Electric Industries, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners.
For more information, visit the company's website at www.firetide.com.
©2005 FiretideTM and Instant Mesh NetworksTM are trademarks of
Firetide, Inc.
Incipient Technologies, Inc. offers wireless Internet and network
integration solutions to retail, hospitality, and residential locations
throughout the United States. Utilizing commercial-grade equipment,
Incipient provides cost-effective turnkey and fully managed wireless
systems with unparalleled reliability. Incipient’s managed services
are currently being used at a variety of locations in Hawaii and
California. For more information about Incipient Technologies, Inc.,
visit www.incipient.net.
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Contacts:
Barbara Cardillo
Firetide, Inc.
bcardillo@firetide.com
408-348-4020
Danielle Siemon
Edelman for Firetide
danielle.siemon@edelman.com
650-429-2739
Steve LeBoeuf
Incipient Technologies
steve.leboeuf@incipient.net
800-572-2000
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