sirching
@savvis.net
| reply to Nightshade
Re: Market Failure
I believe that Minneapolis has an excellent model for its Muni wireless.
1)The City owns the fiber backbone
2)Private company USI Wireless owns/installs the wifi equip
3)City has signed contract to be anchor tenant, guaranteeing the private wifi company a base amount of revenue.
4)Wifi company offers consumers lower cost internet, at up to 3mbps.
5)Wifi company handles end-user support, minimizing the hassles the city has to deal with.
There have been some technical issues getting the bus worked out and signal coverage up, but its getting better and better. I dropped DSL and now get the same speed at $15/month less, and I can use it most places in the city, not just in my home. |
