Municipal WiFi: A step closer?

Boston Unplugged: Mapping a Wireless Future, released today by the Boston Foundation, the Museum of Science and West Roxbury/Jamaica Plain City Councilor John Tobin, explains why they think Boston needs a citywide wireless network:

Boston is known around the world for its innovation. Our technology, education, and healthcare institutions are recognized all over the globe. Our city attracts some of the brightest minds and talented professionals in a wide variety of fields. If Boston wants to maintain that edge it must keep pace with
the changing world.

Ah, the old world-class city gambit! Kevin Rothstein expresses some skepticism:

WiFi took a major step forward today ….. haven't we heard this before? ...