New Mexico City Hopes for WiFi Access by Christmas
"We're a very tech-savvy community," said James Palenick, City Administrator for Rio Rancho, N.M. to explain why his city of 63,000 was working to provide WiFi access to its citizens. "We've always wanted this to provide economic growth," he said. "It sends a very important message to the country and the world." And of course, it sends an important message to the citizens of Rio Rancho, first that the city has found a way to provide nearly ubiquitous broadband access to everyone in the city; and that the city is providing a new revenue stream for the city.
WiFi also promises to help provide long term economic benefits to Rio Rancho by attracting companies that want the atmosphere that wireless broadband access can bring.
