Municipal Wi-Fi Networks In Trouble

imamac writes "According to an AP story, municipal Wi-Fi is going nowhere fast. A think tank research director quipped, 'They are the monorails of this decade: the wrong technology, totally overpromised and completely undelivered.' Subscriptions to the services are much lower than expected and lawmakers are concerned that millions of dollars will have gone to waste that could have been better spent on roads or crime-fighting. Satisfaction with the quality of service has also been low, which give some insight into the low adoption rate. Is municipal Wi-Fi just a bad idea, has it been poorly implemented, or is the technology just not there to support such an endeavor?"

Comments

But if we don't have it

[Anonymous Coward]

The WiFi will go to Shelbyville!

Say what you want about wifi

[Anonymous Coward]

But they put North Haverbrook, Ogdenville and Rockaway on the map.

huh

[TrippTDF]

better spent on roads or crime-fighting.

Did anyone else instantly think "SimCity" when they read that?

Yeah? No?

Worst since the monorail eh?

[bizitch]

I've sold municipal wi-fi to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map!