Wireless -- With Strings Attached

John E. Wroblewski, Client Business Manager for Software Technology Concepts called our attention to this Wall Street Journal article. The article discusses the very significant pitfalls being encountered by some cities as they pursue various wi-fi strategies. This is pertinent to the Design Nine recommendations in that it illustrates a point Dr. Cohill will concede is a major problem with wi-fi networks, and a major opportunity of fiber to the premise. That is, the wi-fi business model depends on end users signing on to the system for content. The fiber to the premise model earns revenue from the content providers as opposed to the end users.