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iLe7 <br />Attachment F <br />Orange County Wireless Access Information <br />Currently, Orange County has 73 wireless access points (WAPs) in 19 of its approximately 85 buildings. These WAPs allow unfettered Internet <br />access to anyone within range of their signals. The network of wireless access points is known as Orange_ Public_WiFi. Primarily, the <br />Orange_Public_WiFI signal does not extend beyond the interior confines of the buildings in where they are contained. <br />The following proposals all aim to extend wireless Internet access to the areas surrounding County buildings. Please note that due to the <br />difficulty of supplying Internet service, 33 County buildings are not addressed in the proposal below. <br />Proposal: <br />1. County Network WiFi Build Out <br />a. Install 4 external wireless access points onto each of the 19 buildings that currently have the Orange_Public_Wifi installed in <br />order to extend the the Orange_Public_WiFi network beyond its current interior confines and offer a wifi signal extending out <br />approximately 75 yards beyond the footprints said buildings(see attachment 1). <br />i. Approximate Cost: $120,000.00 <br />b. Install 4 external wireless access points onto each of the 19 buildings that currently do not have the Orange_Public_Wifi <br />installed, but do have access to the County data network in order to extend the the Orange_Public_WiFi network beyond its <br />current interior confines and offer a wifi signal extending at approximately 75 yards beyond the footprints said buildings (see <br />attachment 2). <br />i. Approximate Cost: $160,000.00 <br />c. Install 4 new external wireless access points onto each 14 buildings that currently have no access to county data network <br />services. This would be accomplished by installing Time Warner Wireless Cable Modems at these 14 locations and broadcasting <br />the signal via the same external access points mentioned above. The signal from these devices would extend approximately 75 <br />yards beyond the footprints of said buildings (see attachment 3). <br />i. Approximate Cost: $90,000.00 <br />ii. Approximate Ongoing Monthly Cost: $2,500.00 <br />