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Problems in Muni Wi-fi Paradise, Part 9 (amazing article about Philly failure)

Started by TLF · 9 months ago

In my nearly 17 years of public policy work, I have never felt so vindicated about something as I did this weekend when I read Dan P. Lee’s Philadelphia magazine feature on “Whiffing on Wi-Fi.” It is a spectacularly well-written piece about the spectacular failu ... Continue reading »

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Rory Conaway
9 months ago

The problem with the Philadelphia model is the same as all of them, Capital expenditure and operating costs were not within the scope of the revenue. In addition, the true potential of has not been realized yet. Unfortunately the true potential was severly damaged when stupid companies like Earthlink and Metrofi came in and pushed out the truly innovative companies who could have made WiFi work. The 3 years the wasted gave the cell phone providers time to get their own systems in place. However, I think new models are finally coming out that will work well.

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