MuniWireless

The Ethos Group’s report, The Philadelphia Story: Learning from a Municipal Wireless Pioneer, has been posted on the New America Foundation’s web site. The report is stirring debate and will continue to as the discussion of life-after-EarthLink moves forward. That should put it–and challenges to it–at the top of muni officials’ holiday reading list.The Ethos Group’s report, The Philadelphia Story: Learning from a Municipal Wireless Pioneer, has been posted on the New America Foundation’s web site. The report is stirring…

From the start, Philadelphia has been both cursed and blessed with the scrutiny that comes with having had the first major deployment of a municipal Wi-Fi network. Wireless Philadelphia, the not-for-profit group heading the effort, found itself back in the hot seat today as critics on all sides lined up to assess its performance. From the start, Philadelphia has been both cursed and blessed with the scrutiny that comes with having had the first major deployment of a municipal Wi-Fi…