Sonia Arrison

Finally, Muni WiFi done right

Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle today announced a citywide wireless service coverage initiative to ensure all major cellular phone companies are able to provide full coverage through Anaheim’s 50 square miles. This is in contrast to other cities like San Francisco and Philadelphia that prefer to stifle competoition by only granting city-wide access to a small number of providers like Earthlink or Google.

“It’s only fitting that the United States’ largest municipal Wi-Fi city would have complete and total coverage for all wireless devices, including cellular telephones,” said Mayor Pringle. “For 150 years in Anaheim, we have championed creativity, innovation and imagination – the same ideals that technology companies embody.”

Good for them. It’s time for leaders in other cities to do the same.

April 17, 2007 | Comments |

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    I'm sorry, I had high hopes with a title like that, but your post doesn't even make sense.

    "the Mayor will ask City staff to work with the major cellular phone service providers to determine where coverage areas may be lacking and identify ways the City may be able to help expand their services within the City limits."

    This sounds like an effort to identify coverage holes within the city of Anaheim, and then figure out what the city can do to help. Why should a city even be involved in this?

    And how does opening up city assets to another potential broadband provider "stifle competition?"

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