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\"NY<\/a>An article in last Saturday’s New York Times<\/a> talks about fading hopes for municipal wireless networks.<\/p>\n

According to the article, the momentum from announcements in Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston and others has sputtered, “tripped up by unrealistic ambitions and technological glitches.”<\/p>\n

The challenge has been to define a business model that works.<\/p>\n

In Minneapolis, the Internet service provider agreed to build the network as long as the city committed to becoming an \u201canchor tenant\u201d by subscribing for a minimum number of city workers, like building inspectors, meter readers, police officers and firefighters.<\/p>\n

This type of plan is more viable, according to market analysts and city officials, because the companies paying to mount the routers and run the service are guaranteed a base number of subscribers to cover the cost of their investment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some others advocate a model of complete municipal ownership, as if taxpayers shouldn’t worry about the economic viability of the business plan.<\/p>\n

Almost in passing, the NYT article noted that prices for internet services have been dropping below what municipal Wi-Fi providers were offering.<\/p>\n

It again raises the question of whether across the board government subsidies should be replaced with an income-based<\/a> credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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