September Update of Wireless Cities and Counties

The number of planned deployments has gone up from 34 to 135. Here are the figures from 10 September 2006:
-- city or countywide wireless broadband networks in operation for public access and municipal use (68);
-- city hotzones (43);
-- city- or county networks for municipal use only (35);
-- planned deployments, e.g. where an RFI or RFP has been issued or where a network is being deployed (135);
-- cities and counties that are seriously considering wide-area networks (25).

The total of (1) to (4) above is 281 (up from 247 in June 2006). If you add (1) through (5), you come up with 306 cities and counties (up from 264 in June 2006) with running networks, ongoing deployments, RFPs or RFIs, and serious plans to deploy such networks. The number of municipal-only wireless networks has not increased because most cities and regions want multiple-use networks.