Minneapolis CIO Shares Citywide Wi-Fi Promising Practices
File type:mp3 May 15, 2008 - What is the core value proposition of broadband wireless for cities? How do we do appropriate risk assessment for the technology, business models and time to completion? At the W2i Digital Cities Joint State Briefing in Riverside, California, Minneapolis CIO Lynn Willenbring shared lessons learned with a focus on the Wireless Minneapolis public-private partnership and the emerging role of anchor tenancy in ensuring network viability. "We really did take some lessons from Philadelphia and made some conscious decisions about going in a different direction...," she said.