It looks like a “tentative” last minute deal with Midwest Fiber Networks was reached between the company and the city of Milwaukee last Friday that hope alive for a citywide wireless network in Milwaukee.
Once again, details are hard to come by. What I do know is that Midwest Fiber Networks is planning on having it’s “testing area” on Miwaukee’s near-west side up sometime this Fall, and the entire network completed by the end of 2007, or another 18 months away.
…and once again, I continue to be disappointed and increasingly wary of this deal as time goes by. Anyone who works with or in the I.T. industry knows that the more a project slips, the less likely it is to be completed within the original time frame – if at all. When first pitched to the City, Midwest Fiber Networks executives said the “testing area” network would by up by this summer, and the entire project would be completed within 18 months total. Now we’re finding out that 9 months after the initial project was pitched, it’s still 18 months out.
Disappointing developments to say the least. I’ve got some calls and emails out to people about this though to hopefully get more details about where this project is at, and if it’s moving forward.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and son Carter.
