MuniWireless

Pleasant Hill’s muni Wi-Fi network has been up and running for three months now, offering free (with banner ads)  Wi-Fi service to almost 70 percent of the city. There will be a paid option (no ads) very soon.

The city set up a muni Wi-Fi network in 2005 for the police department at a cost of $200,000 and had initially planned to spend close to $400,000 to expand the network to offer Internet access to the public. But it decided in…

The city of Pleasant Hill, California, hopes a public-private partnership will help it extend Wi-Fi service to its residents and, at the same time, save $390,000 in public funds originally targeted for upgrades to its wireless public safety network.The city of Pleasant Hill, California, hopes a public-private partnership will help it extend Wi-Fi service to its residents and, at the same time, save $390,000 in public funds originally targeted for upgrades to its wireless public safety network.

According to a report…