It would be wise for the City of San Marcos to read the current issue of the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle gives some information about the struggles that the City has been dealing with concerning the proposed citywide Wi-Fi system.
Earth-link is the City of Houston's wireless provider. Their contract called for Earth-link to begin installation of the system this summer. Earth-link has, it seems, missed it's deadline. So it now appears that Earth-link will pay a five million dollar penalty to the City. The Chronicle article went on to speculate if the system will be built at all.
Members of the San Marcos City Council should use their contacts from the City of Houston and find what if any mistakes have been made on the part of the City of Houston and Earth-link. So far, San Marcos has only begun its quest for a citywide Wi-Fi system of its own, with a small investment of a couple hundred thousand dollars.
TSU in San Marcos has recently completed a campus-wide Wi-Fi system of its own. The University Star has an article about the new system. It would be interesting to see if the City of San Marcos and TSU could create a joint venture Wi-Fi system. Such a project could go a long way towards Town and Gown relations.
Gratias Tbi Ago Deus
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