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Page 1: Meraki A new way to cover the world with WiFi. Company Background Founded in 2006 from MIT Ph.D. research project Venture backed by Google and Sequoia

MerakiA new way to cover the world with WiFi

Page 2: Meraki A new way to cover the world with WiFi. Company Background Founded in 2006 from MIT Ph.D. research project Venture backed by Google and Sequoia

Company Background

•Founded in 2006 from MIT Ph.D. research project•Venture backed by Google and Sequoia Capital•Award-winning technology, installs new WiFi networks in hours

Page 3: Meraki A new way to cover the world with WiFi. Company Background Founded in 2006 from MIT Ph.D. research project Venture backed by Google and Sequoia

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125+ countries and thousands of networks

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•Requires complex equipment, extensive wiring•Installations limited to enterprises with IT staff, budget

Traditional ApproachCisco, Nortel, Juniper

Meraki ApproachNew way to build networks

•Plug and play install, cloud-based management•Removes barriers for WiFi network installation

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Price Comparison: Cisco vs. Meraki

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Cisco

Meraki

Town / City

Business District

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Example Network: City of Prestonsburg, KY

Results• Coverage across 2

miles of city and nearby rural areas

• Network has 6,000 regular users

• Free WiFi has attracted new businesses: 6 restaurants, 3 national retailers and 2 light industrial companies

“I knew there was a better mousetrap out there, and Meraki was it. There was an order of magnitude difference between other vendors and Meraki.”

Brent Graden, Economic Director, Prestonsburg, Kentucky

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Special Offer for Cities and Towns

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Main Street Starter PackOne square mile* of WiFi on your Main Street for $9,950. Includes special 60 day money back guarantee.

Visit us at www.meraki.com to learn more

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Additional Network Examples

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Example Network: Harvard Square, MA

Results• 24 acres of public

space blanketed in wireless

• Service has injected personality and commercial enthusiasm into the public square and contributed to local economic growth

“It’s been an incredibly easy and affordable solution. It should be a model for any community. More importantly, it works!”

Denise Jilson, Executive Director, Harvard Square Business Association

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Example Network: Ypsilanti, MI

Results• Local businesses get

reliable WiFi across the city

• Network serves 400-500 users per day

• Local college students and residents access the internet for free from anywhere across one square mile

“It took less than 30 days from sitting downtown having a hot dog and talking about free WiFi, to having a fully functional wireless network.”

Steve Pierce, Wireless Ypsilanti

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Example Network: Drury High School, MA

Results• Network deployed in

2 days at 10% cost of other solutions

• More than 100 users per day

• District officials so pleased, have deployed in 6 other schools, and 6 more in planning stages

“It’s uniquely suited to the education environment. Everything else is too expensive for a cash-strapped public school system to deploy, let alone to administer.”

Shaun Meredith, Drury High wireless consultant