It looks as if Boston will be the next city to roll out a municipal Wi-Fi network. The city is awaiting a report next week from a nonprofit organizing the initiative. The city's mayor announced a
22-member task force to spearhead the project, made up of representatives from business, the community and the city's universities. Business and academic leaders had been disappointed with the
previous lack of enthusiasm for municipal Wi-Fi after hearing about the plans in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Nevertheless, there is a danger in jumping into such a project too quickly, as was
evident in the collapse of Vivato, a Wi-Fi infrastructure provider. However, in certain small towns across America, like Rio Rancho, N.M., and Manassas, Va., municipality-supported Wi-Fi is up and
running.
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