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Municipal WiFi Costs Outweigh Benefits

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday July 8, 2005 @12:02AM from the subtle-jabs dept.

TheSync writes "JupiterResearch claims that muni WiFi costs outweigh benefits. It can cost up to $150,000 per square mile over five years, which may not even provide each user a benefit of $25 a month. They suggest that such projects only be taken on as public-private partnerships."

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WiFi Story by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-08 00:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Did anyone else see anything funny with a WiFi story being posted at 8:02.11 in the morning?

Nathan
Re:Minor Details by telecsan · 2005-07-08 00:29 · Score: 3, Funny

I figured that paucity of unbiased analysis had to be an anagram for something, and I got as far as stupid false bias, but I have some leftover letters...
Sneaky Bastards by SolarCanine · 2005-07-08 02:01 · Score: 3, Funny

See? These guys are willing to go so far to skew the results of a study, they actually threw in extra letters so your anagram wouldn't come out right! The NERVE!