Philadelphia not very wired

Posted by Colin A. Bartlett Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:54:00 GMT

How sad it is indeed to not see Philadelphia make the top 10 or even top 30 most wired cities according to Forbes.

When Philadelphia unveiled its Wireless Philadelphia plan so many years ago I was thrilled. I was proud to be a resident and excited to be a business owner in the Philadelphia area. But the project has been dogged by problems and delays. And I’ve yet to be able to get wireless internet at my own house and only rarely been able to obtain it in a few locations even in the downtown area.

Please, Philly, get your act together, get this network built out and let’s all start enjoying the benefits of ubiquitous wireless internet access.

PS: What marketing asshole high on the thought of increased ad-impressions decided to split this list into 30 separate pages in a “slideshow” fashion. Give me a break.