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This great resource helps you develop an effective strategy for a successful municipal broadband network, while avoiding the problems municipalities faced in 2007 due to weak business models and poor planning.
Guidelines from Philadelphia's project team, government officials and vendors who made concept a reality help you plan and execute. Representatives from neighborhood and business constituencies tell their stories from the community perspective.
This is a guide to action for elected officials, city and county government managers and IT managers who want to understand the business and political issues they need to address. It is also ideal for the partner organizations that help governments deliver their services, and leaders of the constituent groups who ultimately are the beneficiaries of an improved local government.
Read the Introduction to get an overview of the topics covered, and, and browse the Table of Contents for the full range of topics. And to get a sneak preview of the many valuable lessons you will learn, check out Chapter 5 on consensus building.
Craig Settles started developing strategies for municipal wireless in 1999 when he worked at Metricom, which marketed the Ricochet wireless Internet access service. He expanded on these insights through extensive interviews with many of the people directly involved with Wireless Philadelphia’s pioneering effort.
Get Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless today from Hudson House Publishing ($29.95). In fact, buy copies for your whole project team, your most trusted contractors and key stakeholders. You want everyone who's important to your initiative on the same page.