http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20924860 en Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:47 EDT Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20925334
Some governments think they can extort as much money out of muni wifi ventures as they can out of cable TV. It doesn't work that way. Cities think muni wifi is a way to double their welfare programs and help their liberal white guilt and a magic fix for slums and poverty. Sorry, if you want to do that, time to increase the city's income tax, not extort the money out of muni wifi ventures.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20925334 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:54:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20925233 said by Robrr:

There must be something very wrong with what you guys are doing south of the border.
I'm not big on Wireless, but it does have it's uses. Like you guys said, it's not a Last Mile Technology, so having realistic goals is very important. Some people feel WiFi is the Holy Grail, and everyone wants to jump on it. Without a clear Business Plan and a good Break Even Point, even if some of your customers are free, someone has to pay for it and that has to be clear and up front. When things like this fail it's obvious that no one had a plan or knew what they were doing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20925233 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:26:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20925222 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20925222 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:23:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20924935
That's probably why theirs works and the others fail.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20924935 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:11:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20924884
But yeah, WiFi ain't a last-mile tech; citywide networks are expensive kludges. They *can* be made to work but it ain't too pretty.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Metro-Wifi-Network-20924884 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:58:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Metro-Wifi-Network-20924860
There must be something very wrong with what you guys are doing south of the border.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Metro-Wifi-Network-20924860 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:52:20 EDT