🧩 Why Meter Works Well for the Public Sector:
- Consolidates vendors (hardware, software, ISP) into one relationship.
- Offers predictable costs and SLAs, which are ideal for RFPs and budgeting.
- Requires minimal in-house IT staff to deploy or maintain.
- Supports compliance and secure segmentation for sensitive environments.
🏫 1. Public Schools & School Districts
Challenge: Many K-12 schools operate with aging infrastructure, limited IT staff, and unreliable Wi-Fi coverage across campuses.
How Meter Helps:
- Delivers campus-wide high-speed internet with managed Wi-Fi for classrooms, admin offices, and outdoor learning areas.
- Provides cloud-managed dashboards for visibility and troubleshooting.
- Ensures filtering, segmentation, and CIPA compliance where necessary.
Use Case Example: A school district modernizes 15 schools across multiple sites with fast, secure internet — without needing in-house networking expertise.
🏛️ 2. Local Government Offices & Agencies
Challenge: City halls, public works departments, and regional offices often have fragmented networks and depend on slow, underperforming ISPs.
How Meter Helps:
- Acts as the single vendor for ISP negotiation, installation, and network management across all sites.
- Provides reliable connectivity for staff, public-facing services, and secure data access between departments.
- Supports redundancy and uptime for mission-critical systems.
Use Case Example: A city’s IT department centralizes and upgrades the networks of 10 municipal buildings under a single contract, with 24/7 support and visibility.
🏥 3. Public Health Clinics & Community Health Centers
Challenge: Clinics need dependable internet for EHRs, telehealth, and patient check-ins — but often struggle with local ISP coordination and poor uptime.
How Meter Helps:
- Delivers reliable internet and wireless coverage across medical facilities.
- Sets up secure VLANs for separating guest Wi-Fi from internal systems.
- Ensures HIPAA-aligned infrastructure and centralized performance monitoring.
Use Case Example: A county health system connects 12 satellite clinics with consistent performance, enabling telehealth services and improving patient experience.
🚔 4. Public Safety & First Responders (Non-emergency Offices)
Challenge: Police stations, fire departments, and emergency management offices require secure, redundant connections but often lack modern infrastructure.
How Meter Helps:
- Builds redundant, resilient networks with ISP failover for 24/7 uptime.
- Supports secure segmented networks for sensitive data (e.g., CAD, RMS).
- Minimizes IT burden through a fully managed, hands-off model.
Use Case Example: A fire district upgrades five stations with high-availability internet and centralized dashboarding — freeing IT to focus on safety software and dispatch tools.
🏢 5. Public Housing & Community Centers
Challenge: Community centers and housing authorities want to offer residents and staff reliable internet but face cost and operational challenges.
How Meter Helps:
- Provides cost-effective, centrally managed wireless infrastructure.
- Enables guest Wi-Fi networks with usage visibility and access control.
- Removes the complexity of dealing with multiple ISPs or outdated gear.
Use Case Example: A housing authority deploys free Wi-Fi across its public housing units and staff offices, managed entirely by Meter.
