MuniWireless

There was a sit-down this week in Toledo, Ohio, as the city council’s IT committee met with the city’s former IT director who demonstrated how the proposed municipal wireless network there could be built at no cost to the city. Now issues of legality have been raised. Stay tuned…There was a sit-down this week in Toledo, Ohio, as the city council’s IT committee met with the city’s former IT director, Dr. Patsy Scott, who demonstrated how the proposed municipal wireless…

It comes as no surprise that the mayor of Toledo, Ohio, has announced he’s putting the city’s proposed Wi-Fi network on hold. Given the nasty politics that have plagued the project nearly from its start, one wonders where it will go from here.It comes as no surprise that the mayor of Toledo, Ohio, has announced he’s putting the city’s proposed Wi-Fi network on hold. As we reported last week, the city council delayed a vote on a proposed $2.16 million…

The future of the proposed municipal Wi-Fi network in Toledo, Ohio, is on hold pending the city’s ability to produce a financial plan to justify its deployment. One exists but it’s been sucked into the swirl of politics and ego surrounding last week’s departure of the city’s IT director.The future of the proposed municipal Wi-Fi network in Toledo, Ohio, is on hold pending the city’s ability to produce a financial plan to justify its deployment. One exists but it’s been…

Vitriolic politics have erupted in Toledo, Ohio, where the city’s IT director first retired, then was fired, following an angry confrontation with the mayor. Two city council members have called her departure a serious setback for the city’s proposed municipal wireless network.Toledo, Ohio’s plans to build a municipal Wi-Fi network have rapidly devolved into a passion play of political and personal attacks. On Friday, Patsy Scott, the city’s IT director, handed the mayor’s office her letter of retirement, only to…

The city of Toledo set the record straight Thursday after The Toledo Blade misleadingly reported that “Toledo taxpayers could pay up to $2.16 million over five years” if the city council approves a license contract with MetroFi and a city councilman jumped on the story to make political hay.

Toledo, Ohio, received two proposals to its RFP to build a citywide wireless network. MetroFi and Buckeye CableSystem responded but neither proposal grants the city’s request for free service for city operations.Toledo, Ohio, received two proposals to its RFP to build a citywide wireless network. MetroFi and Buckeye CableSystem responded but neither proposal grants the city’s request for free service for city operations.

According to a summary in the Toledo Blade, MetroFi proposed free advertising-supported access for consumers with a fee…