There are three main points that readers will take away from the book.

1. Municipal WiFi for many cities is a good business decision that is also good for business. Cities are a multi-million (and in some cases, multi-billion) dollar business operations, and like most corporate entities, WiFi enables governments to save money, increase revenues and run a better operation. A significant peripheral benefit of citywide WiFi is that it gives local businesses an excellent opportunity to derive similar benefits.

2. From an operational standpoint, Philadelphia did many things right. Starting with consensus building and identifying key stakeholders to help write the business plan, Wireless Philadelphia worked with a degree of professionalism and thoroughness that many corporations as well as governments would do well to emulate in their wireless initiatives.

3. Many cities may not be aware of the work that's involved if they want to reach their goals. The network infrastructure by itself has limited value. It's the applications, content and constituent programs that deliver the value. A significant amount of time and resources are required for a city to realize its goal of using municipal wireless to transform government as well as seriously tackle social and economic development issues. Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless is a reality check that every city and county with a wireless initiative needs.

Get Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless today from Hudson House Publishing. 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.