Wired Magazine Maps US Municipal Wi-Fi

http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/st_atlas_1603

Wired.com uses a Google map on the web page, but the print edition has a much slicker design aesthetic that you might want to check out.

While I'm very happy that Wired has challenged the "Muni Wi-Fi is dead" myth to their large audience, there seems to be a flaw in their analysis and presentation. The main example I can pull out is that they have designated the Philadelphia network as "in operation." As we know from the New America Foundation's report on Wireless Philly, the truth of the matter is not quite as clear. This point calls the the entire presentation into question and makes it less useful as a potential education piece than it might otherwise be.

I would love to see a letter to the editor from a Philly or other Wi-Fi stakeholder praising the coverage and responding to this oversimplification. LTEs can be submitted here.

If anyone who catches this note submits an LTE, I would love to know about it. Thanks!