[RTC List] Muni Wi-Fi lessons

[Sean McLaughlin]

Hopefully, we'll get the best and brightest to help the City of Eureka 
with their feasibility study!
http://www.ci.eureka.ca.gov/rfps/proposals.asp

Here are examples of some lessons learned so far...

CITYWIDE WI-FI ISN'T DEAD YET
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Marguerite Reardon]
Despite the recent onslaught of bad press, citywide and regional Wi-Fi 
networks are not dead. In fact, cities, such as Corpus Christie, Texas; 
Minneapolis, Minn.; and Philadelphia, are actually seeing early signs of 
success. And lessons learned from these deployments if applied properly 
could help save bigger and more, ambitious projects such as Silicon 
Valley's regional wireless network. Two of the biggest lessons that 
other cities can take away from projects currently under way are having 
a clear mission and use case for building these networks and also 
defining a business model for building and sustaining the network.
http://www.news.com/Citywide-Wi-Fi-isnt-dead-yet/2100-7351_3-6209837.html?tag=nefd.lede