Municipal Round-Up: Chandler, Gilbert (Ariz.), Aspen, Vail (Colo.). Chandler's Wi-Fi network nearly ready: MobilePro's buildout in Chandler, a city adjacent to its earlier Tempe network, is nearly ready to go live says The Business Journal of Phoenix. Another network in Gilbert isn't far behind that. The three cities combined will cover 187 square miles. With Vail proceeding, Aspen considers: Aspen is working with Vail to coordinate bid plans for a metro-area network. Vail is working with its telco, CenturyTel, on a deal that will executed soon. That service will feature an hour per session of free service, but new sessions can be created at will. Aspen says they're on a longer timeframe than Vail, and might want a free-only network. With the number of visitors to both cities and across the region, the addition of ubiquitous Wi-Fi would certainly go over well. [Wi-Fi Networking News]9:10:26 PM |