Are Directory Publishers the Solution to Successful Muni Wi-Fi Deployments?
Posted by Sebastien on the 2007/08/15 at 11:03
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According to this Business Week article, it seems like the excitement level around municipal wi-fi deployments is going down.
(…) While 415 U.S. cities and counties are now building or planning to build municipal Wi-Fi networks, “deployments are slowing down slightly,” says Esme Vos, founder of consultancy MuniWireless.com. Vos’s tally still marks a nearly 70% jump from mid-2006, when there were 247 muni Wi-Fi projects on tap, but that’s down from the torrid pace of a year earlier, when deployment plans doubled. Perhaps the clearest hint of trouble ahead is that some of the companies