Wireless As Public Utility

This article explores the issue of community wireless Internet connection as a public utility. "Technology is an infrastructure like any other," says Mayor Mike Nelson, "and local governments should view it that way. Just as we provide the community with sidewalks, roads, streetlights, we have to think of technology as an infrastructure we provide as well." Author Fiona Morgan covers digital divide issues and outlines the cutting edge of technology infrastructure across the U.S.