Friday, September 23, 2005
Muni Networks: The Public's Not Buying
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry: "Broadband Cities Conference -- Elected officials are excited about municipal networks. Incumbent carriers are fretting about them. But the average Joe still hasn't got a clue, according to several sources at the conference sessions held here.
Instead of battle-planning for the RBOCs and sharing best practices, city managers and network equipment vendors here were addressing a more fundamental problem: How do you convince a bunch of folks in the middle of Utah that they need 100 Mbit/s going to their homes?"
Instead of battle-planning for the RBOCs and sharing best practices, city managers and network equipment vendors here were addressing a more fundamental problem: How do you convince a bunch of folks in the middle of Utah that they need 100 Mbit/s going to their homes?"
