September 25, 2007

Municipal Wifi Success Stories

With all of the bad news about Earthlink’s exit from municipal contracts that guaranteed the company endless losses, one might believe that Muni Wifi is dead. Far from dead, cities such as Corpus Christi, Minneapolis ad Philadelphia have financially sound, functioning networks with a growing subscriber base.

“Cities that have seen early success have been able to articulate very clearly to politicians and citizens how the network will be used and how it will benefit people,” said Craig Settles, an independent wireless consultant. “And they’ve also had clear business plans for paying for the networks.”

article on News.com

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