Public Wi-Fi is a major trend, but it seems like today there is a confluence of news about big honking Wi-Fi efforts. First, the Wireless Silicon Valley project, dubbed the biggest Wi-Fi project in America, issued its RFP for bidders last week. The project has been spearheaded by the San Mateo County Telecommunications Authority since 2004 and will cover 1,500-square miles of the nation’s tech epicenter.
Over on the East Coast, Suffolk County New York is kicking off its process to deliver Wi-Fi to its 1.5 million residents over 900 square miles. Somehow the folks in Suffolk think that their project is also the biggest public Wi-Fi initiative in the nation.
However, Suffolk’s proposed system covers only a single county. The State of Rhode Island has a program underway to deliver Wi-Fi state-wide. The state is developing what it calls The Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs), which should cover a land mases of 1,045 square miles and is expected to be fully in place next year.
Cynthia Brumfield at 10:23 AM|Comments(0)
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