Sunday, May 4, 2008

Scottsdale Muni Wi-Fi Shuts Down

Scottsdale's muni Wi-Fi network, operated by Wildfire Broadband, has gone out of business, according to the Scottsdale, Arizona-based East Valley Tribune. As has been the case for nearly all other municipal Wi-Fi efforts, the networks have failed to attract enough customers.

It is reason at this point to theorize that mobile broadband--both data cards for PCs and smart phones--arecannibalizing some of the potential demand. Some of the remainder of demand is satisfied by free Wi-Fi at coffee shops, hotels and other locations.

Wi-Fi is a great technology. It just might not be much of a service provider business.

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