Thursday, August 30, 2007

End Nigh for Muni Wi-Fi?

Wireless internet on a municipal scale seems to be suitable for small to mid-size cities. In larger metropolises, the scale of the engineering has proven to costly and daunting for Chicago, Houston, and other cities.The slashing of hundreds of jobs by Earthlink--many of which were outsourced to India in the first place--underscores the pressures for ISP consolidation and against local entities.

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