Lack of Funds Shuts Down Wireless Oakland - Another citywide wi-fi effort bites the dust

Wireless Oakland is a municipal wireless network covering all of Oakland County in the state of Michigan. Seven phase one communities in the area have already started using the wireless service as the first part of the network’s development. The network was estimated to cost $70 million when complete but has already been stopped in its tracks due to a lack of funding, leaving those seven communities without their wireless connection. People who support the project say it will take less than $6