San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom asked for public feedback this week on a plan to create a citywide, free wireless broadband network. The response should be a no-brainer, especially in a city dubbed the number-one wireless market in the United States. Getting high-speed access in San Francisco is not a problem. Municipal broadband networks are costly, risky to build and difficult to maintain. And San Francisco, like so many other cities, is in no position to lead the way.
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Just Say ‘No’ to DMV-ization of Broadband
Posted by: Sonia Arrison August 19, 2005 05:00 AMSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom asked for public feedback this week on a plan to create a citywide, free wireless broadband network. The response should be a no-brainer, especially in a city dubbed the number-one wireless market in the United States. Getting high-speed access in San Francisco is not a problem. Municipal broadband networks are costly, risky to build and difficult to maintain. And San Francisco, like so many other cities, is in no position to lead the way.