CIOs in Major Cities Forge Ahead with MuniWiFi

Many CIOs from various large cities are moving ahead with their citywide WiFi plans, despite criticisms of high cost and unreliable service. Cities can justify their investment by attracting new business, through support of public safety radio traffic, and by abolishing the digital divide. Bill Oates, chief information officer for Boston, had been running his city's new WiFi network for a month in the blocks surrounding City Hall when citizens began to complain that the Internet service provider used a content filter that blocked certain websites. The number of municipalities with planned or deployed public broadband networks has risen from 122 in July 2005 to 385 in May 2007, according to MuniWireless.

Read more about what other cities are doing:
- See this article from CIO Magazine