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US cities' Wi-Fi dreams fading fast

September 22, 2007

A woman uses free wireless internet access at Union Square in San Francisco, California, in 2006. Ambitious plans for big Wi-Fi networks to provide free or low-cost wireless Internet access are being abandoned or scaled back by US cities as the economics of the deals turn out to be more challenging than expected.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Ambitious plans for big Wi-Fi networks to provide free or low-cost wireless Internet access are being abandoned or scaled back by US cities as the economics of the deals turn out to be more challenging than expected.

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