MuniWireless

Aurora, Illinois has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking responses from companies that may be interested in deploying a free or low-cost citywide Wi-Fi network. Last month, MetroFi told the city that it would shut down the city’s Wi-Fi network because the costs were too high and the return on investment too uncertain. Only 20 percent of Aurora has Wi-Fi coverage (via MetroFi’s network). The purpose of the RFI is to gather information about the kinds of services that…

No one is surprised by news of yet another municipal wireless project delayed. In this case it’s Wireless Washtenaw county in Michigan, whose provider, 20/20 Communications, needs $10 million to finish the network. They have already spent between $2 million and $3 million. They say they are not pulling out of the project (like MetroFi and EarthLink has done in other places). Indeed, 20/20 Communications has paying customers and a waiting list of 3000 people. According to this article, Livingston…