Houston’s grand plans for wi-fi blanket: are they dashed?
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Yesterday Chicago announced scrapping plans for a citywide wi-fi blanket access. The mayor cited decreased costs for Internet access to th epublic and increased public connectivity.
Apparently most people already have Internet access and don’t need it, plus, as the mayor said, it’s widely available through libraries, cybercafes, and so forth.
So why, with the recent EarthLink announcement of employee layoff and other obstacles to delivering Houston blanket wi-fi plan, is Mayor Bill White persisting with the wi-fi plan?
EarthLink has delayed for months and now has paid Houston $5 in reparation. There is a nine month lag ahead, as well. The wi-fi plan is in jeopardy, says the Houston Chronicle.
Is this access necessary? What do you think?
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