Municipal WiFi Fails Everytime
There are countless examples of Muni WiFi going defunct. Some people are surprised. The promise of ubiquitous access as a utility is touted as the next logical progression for wireless and for the Internet itself. Why can’t the Muni’s do it?
Because they’re the government - that’s why.
All the pin-heads on the city council have an idea for how a network will improve their departments or pet projects. The cops want to sniff every wireless camera in town and run license plate recognition software so they can do even less. Utilities want remote meter reading and the local telco will bitch about competition from the local government funded by tax dollars.
Muni WiFi is broken because of the MUNI - NOT THE WIFI.
If you’ve never seen this movement then you send forwards to your nieces and nephews on your AOL account. 100,000 + active users and growing on a NON MUNI WiFi network where the nodes cost fifty bucks. God Bless America.