Tuesday, September 4, 2007

What's Behind the Epidemic of Municipal Wi-Fi Failures?

The dream of wireless networks bathing U.S. cities in free and pervasive
internet access has come to an end, at least for now. As the number of
failed or stalled municipal wireless projects continues to rise, the focus
has shifted from closing the so-called digital divide to why plans for such
networks, in only a year's time, seem to be dissolving almost daily.

Last week, San Francisco, Chicago and St. Louis all announced significant
and perhaps fatal roadblocks in their municipal Wi-Fi projects.

Posted by Bryan Gardiner on 09.04.07
Read more at http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/09/muni_wifi

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