BROADBAND PICTURE NOT FINISHED
[SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, AUTHOR: Jon Van]
A Q&A with Chris O'Brien, who once served as Chicago's chief information
officer. Chicago's decision last month to back away from building a citywide
wireless broadband network was correct and should be followed by a full
assessment of how to promote broadband connectivity, both wired and wireless,
said O'Brien. He issued a report last week suggesting that the preoccupation
with municipal Wi-Fi systems that has spread across the country mostly misses
the point. Even though an estimated 450 cities have either launched such
systems or are studying them, few have done the spadework necessary to produce
a comprehensive broadband strategy, the report finds. This would include doing
an inventory to determine which areas of a city are underserved with high-speed
Internet and assessing a city's goals in promoting broadband.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_frontsep09,0,948716.story?track=rss
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