Large scale municipal WiFi installations is a dream of many municipalities, community groups and businesses. There are many technical challenges to such a deployment such as backhaul, bandwidth provisioning, and other less technical challenges such as who pays for it. Combining municipal WiFi with cellular networks may be the way to encourage thier growth. With the arrival on the market of combination WiFi/cellular phones, it looks to be a great oppourtunity to provide broadband to everyone while continuing to allow the market to thrive for cellular phones
Via [computerworld.com]