A new study indicates that public, wireless broadband networks — WiFi networks — planned by both big and small cities may provide Internet access to as many as six million homes within five years. The report, by the Boston-based consulting firm Strategy Analytics, indicates that even though there has been much “rhetoric,” both for and against municipal broadband, the networks will, however, play “only a small role” in the rapidly growing U.S. broadband market. Incumbent telecom and cable operators are still attracting most new consumers.
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Municipal WiFi Networks May Provide Broadband to Millions
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski June 24, 2006 01:30 AMA new study indicates that public, wireless broadband networks — WiFi networks — planned by both big and small cities may provide Internet access to as many as six million homes within five years. The report, by the Boston-based consulting firm Strategy Analytics, indicates that even though there has been much “rhetoric,” both for and against municipal broadband, the networks will, however, play “only a small role” in the rapidly growing U.S. broadband market. Incumbent telecom and cable operators are still attracting most new consumers.