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Kankakee, Illinois Pioneers Free Community-Wide Wi-Fi With High-Performance, Outdoor D-Link Wireless Access Points and Bridges

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Overview The City of Kankakee, Illinois, which is 60 miles south of Chicago, wanted to install municipal Wi-Fi in order to meet growing demands for local Internet access. The Daily Journal team created a self-supporting, revenue generating solution. They combined rugged, high-performance D-Link AirPremier DWL-7700AP Wireless AG Outdoor AP/Bridge equipment with their own IT skills and some entrepreneurial initiative to quickly launch coverage and become the envy of the region.

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Publisher	D-Link	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Wi-Fi (802.11), Bridges, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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