Creative public wi-fi

CNet writes about some creative solutions Smalltown, USA may need to take advantage of to bring public Wi-Fi to town.

…while thousands of towns are interested in developing municipal networks, few vendors are willing to take on small projects.
“I think towns are putting out RFPs faster than the industry can respond. I mean, there are several thousand cities pursuing this; there are only so many vendors pursuing smaller cities,” Mitch Gorsen, vice president at MultiState Associates, said in an interview…
EarthLink and AT&T in a panel at MuniWireless New England here on Tuesday said that population density is a factor when they consider taking on a project. As businesses, they want to see a return on their investment through things like subscription services or advertising revenue, depending on the business model.

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