Free Wi-Fi plan comes apart (Anchorage Daily News)

http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=wireless-internet

07/14/2007: Plans for a deal between the city and a California company to blanket a section of downtown Anchorage with free wireless Internet have fizzled.

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Not surprising. Those free Wifi deals are pretty much doomed to failure.

The biggest city close to me just went through a second request for bid
period and for a seconf time absolutely no one is interested in bidding
on the "free WiFi" system or even providing an alternative proposal to
the spec.

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| > http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=wireless-internet
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| > 07/14/2007: Plans for a deal between the city and a California company
to blanket a section of downtown Anchorage with free wireless Internet have
fizzled.
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| Not surprising. Those free Wifi deals are pretty much doomed to failure.
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| The biggest city close to me just went through a second request for bid
| period and for a seconf time absolutely no one is interested in bidding
| on the "free WiFi" system or even providing an alternative proposal to
| the spec.

Some do fail but I expect it has more to do with politics than viablity.

I know, personally, of one or two that were up and running that had to be
pulled for political reasons.

http://www.muniwireless.com