Talk:Municipal wireless network

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MU-FI? moo kow? seriously - I have always heard "muni wi-fi" or "municipal wireless" this is really a bogus term. search google and first hit I get is mufi hanneman, mayor of honolulu. If I knew how to change the title, I would - this article should be renamed "municipal wireless" and connected to Municipal broadband--Boscobiscotti 04:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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It is unclear whether, among the several projects announced to date, any have succeeded in fulfilling their initial goals. It also appears that only a few service providers have been successful in terms of achieving a return on their investment. Furthermore, government provision of Mu-Fi services carries signficantly more risk than for core utility services such as water:

  • Risk of providing these core services is low since competition is non-existant. Mu-Fi, however, must compete directly with cable and DSL services already made available by market providers.
  • An inherent elasticity of demand for wireless access forces ISPs to evolve their service offerings, including prices.
  • Services geared to disadvantaged consumers will likely demand ongoing government subsidy.
  • The rate of change in wireless Internet technology suggests an elevated risk of obsolescence, which challenges budget assumptions.
  • If consumers adopt faster, less-expensive services as these technologies change and improve, revenue forecasts will suffer.
  • Expansive government technology projects almost always exceed their budget estimates due to a variety of factors.
  • Granting right-of-ways to a single vendor will distort competition in the market intended to generate revenue for the municipality, thereby putting these revenue forecasts at risk.

[edit] Does Golden Wi-Fi qualify?

They plan to cover the whole area of Moscow, Russia, and already covered something like few dozens percent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Telecom#Golden_Telecom.E2.84.A2

If they qualify, add them? Ilyak 06:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)