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Chaska, MN owns chaska.net, a wireless internet service provider that is partnered with private companies. Because Chaska, MN was one of the earliest municipal wireless networks, it has received a lot of attention in the news – both positive and negative. To build the network, workers from the city's utility department installed the outdoor wireless cells in city-owned fixtures. Chaska.net financed the entire $535,000 capital investment needed for the wireless network. Both residential and business services are provided. The network is now operated by Siemens Communications.
Learn More:
Chaska.net
http://www.chaska.net/
Chaska Wi-Fi Experience Offers Valuable Lessons. Mike Hughlett. Government Technology. Apr 29, 2007. http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/100100
Utility or Futility? How Chaska, Minnesota (pop: 18,000) is showing big cities the way forward. Shaw, Russell. Corante, 2005. [Includes interview with Brad Mayer.] http://www.corante.com/vision/wireless/chaska.php
Tropos Case Study (2004)
http://www.tropos.com/pdf/chaska_casestudy.pdf
