http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/whatever-happened-to-city-wide-wifi.html Good Ideas Report Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:10:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/whatever-happened-to-city-wide-wifi.html/comment-page-1#comment-6824 Michael Sciannamea Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:09:26 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/whatever-happened-to-city-wide-wifi.html#comment-6824 My take on this is that the cities and the companies they are partnering with have done a poor job of marketing muni WiFi to the end users--us. Plus, many cities have jumped on the bandwagon without doing their due diligence, just wanting to feel the "coolness factor" of citywide wireless. What needs to happen is that local governments have to sign on as anchor tenants, streamline services, and then that alone will do a better job of showing the public the benefits of a wireless network. One can only hope... My take on this is that the cities and the companies they are partnering with have done a poor job of marketing muni WiFi to the end users–us. Plus, many cities have jumped on the bandwagon without doing their due diligence, just wanting to feel the “coolness factor” of citywide wireless. What needs to happen is that local governments have to sign on as anchor tenants, streamline services, and then that alone will do a better job of showing the public the benefits of a wireless network. One can only hope…

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