MuniWireless

The town of Springfield, Michigan (pop. 5000) began offering Wi-Fi service to its residents this week. Using a $750,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp., Springfield hired ACD to deploy the network throughout the municipality. ACD is using equipment from Zhone Technologies.

Wi-Fi is already available in some parts of the community; other neighborhoods are scheduled to be “unwired” in the coming weeks. They are charging $10 per month for access. It’s not clear whether residents will have to buy…

Springfield, acommunity of just over 5000 near Battle Creek, Mi., will deploy city-wide Wi-Fi under a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.Springfield, acommunity of just over 5000 near Battle Creek, Mi., will deploy city-wide Wi-Fi under a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

The grant calls for low rates of $10 per month for low-income families. The service provider, ACD.net of Lansing, Mi., is to begin immediately if the city council…