The city of Houston plans to re-launch its muni wireless initiative, notes MuniWireless, and has issued an RFI to review proposals for the project.
It was only a matter of time before cities recovered from the shockwaves from EarthLink’s retreat from the muni market and began re-evaluating how to provide broadband coverage.
Houston is the first major city, among the many that put wireless initiatives on hold in the post-EarthLink shakeout, to announce plans to move ahead and re-issue an RFI. Houston has not scaled back its ambitions; the size of the project could be enormous.
Here’s their new RFP — but registration is required. MuniWireless has more details.
Related DailyWireless stories include; Wireless Silicon Valley: Un-Wireless, MetroFi Vs Portland, Meraki Proposes Free SF Wi-Fi Network, Wireless Minneapolis: Best Practices, Houston: We Have a WiFi Net, Earthlink to Municipal WiFi: WereOuttaHere, MetroFi Quits Installing Portland Nodes, SF Officially Backs Out of MuniFi, SoCal Wireless: Toast?, MuniFi: What Now?, MuniFi: Not Dead Yet, Houston Gets it’s Money Back from Earthlink, Earthlink Restructures, MuniFi Holds Breath.
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