The municipal wi-fi fad seems to be suffering network difficulties:

“Wi-Fi woes everywhere you turn,” says Russell Hancock of Silicon Valley Network, a troubled Wi-Fi project for 40 towns in California’s high-tech corridor.

Wi-Fi allows laptop users to work anywhere, making some jobs portable. It also is essential to mobile devices, including iPhones, enabling such emerging technology to perform complex online tasks fast.

Chicago couldn’t reach agreement with service providers after offering free use of street lamps for radio transmitters in exchange for a network built, owned and operated by providers at no cost to the city.

Minneapolis’ net got a lot of good publicity after the 35W bridge collapse – but has had other problems.  Saint Paul has been noodling with the idea for years, and is no closer to a solution than ever.

Maybe that’s a good thing.

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