Longmont building wireless network as Boulder Wi-Fi group readies RFP

BOULDER – Now that Longmont’s city council approved citywide Wi-Fi, can Boulder be far behind?
It’s not far behind at all, according to Chris Puccio, director of information technology for the city of Boulder.

In August, Longmont approved a deal with Bethesda, Md.-based MobilePro Corp. to build a citywide wireless network. The private company will spend about $2 million to get the network up and running, and no public funds will be used.

Puccio’s plan to cover Boulder with Wi-Fi is moving along briskly, he said.

On July 18 he presented the topic to city council and received unanimous acceptance to send out…