Comments on: Chicago backs away from muni Wi-Fi http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/08/28/chicago-backs-away-from-muni-wi-fi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chicago-backs-away-from-muni-wi-fi Citywide WiFi, smart grid, enterprise wireless, public safety, mobile apps Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/08/28/chicago-backs-away-from-muni-wi-fi/#comment-22261 Jim Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:31:47 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6364#comment-22261 Looks like Chicago IT is being dazzled by what other new technologies can do for them-2.5Ghz based WiMAX and future 700Mhz Networks. I am afraid they will be dissapointed in both, one due to the spectrums limitation and the other due to the fact that it will be 2010 before it becomes available. Looks like Chicago IT is being dazzled by what other new technologies can do for them-2.5Ghz based WiMAX and future 700Mhz Networks.
I am afraid they will be dissapointed in both, one due to the spectrums limitation and the other due to the fact that it will be 2010 before it becomes available.

]]> By: WiFi Gadfly http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/08/28/chicago-backs-away-from-muni-wi-fi/#comment-22214 WiFi Gadfly Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:58:20 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6364#comment-22214 Interesting, Chicago hired the "market-leading management and technology consulting firm for municipal governments" yet they could not figure out that the City needs to bring more to the table than rooftops and poles? Does not appear to be the service providers who could not justify the business case, but rather the City and its consultant that could not develop the business case. Maybe it is time for cities to include a performance clause in their contract with their consultants? If the consultant cannot develop a business case that leads to a successful conclusion to the RFP process, then the consultant needs to refund their fees. I wonder how many other clients of Chicago's consultant are facing a similar dilemma right now? Interesting, Chicago hired the “market-leading management and technology consulting firm for municipal governments” yet they could not figure out that the City needs to bring more to the table than rooftops and poles? Does not appear to be the service providers who could not justify the business case, but rather the City and its consultant that could not develop the business case.

Maybe it is time for cities to include a performance clause in their contract with their consultants? If the consultant cannot develop a business case that leads to a successful conclusion to the RFP process, then the consultant needs to refund their fees. I wonder how many other clients of Chicago’s consultant are facing a similar dilemma right now?

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