Jupiter Research just released a report on Muni Wireless costs and numbers. Esme Vos over at MuniWireless has already posted a quick blurb on what's known to date [1]. We've been mailing back-and-forth and are both eagerly awaiting more information (and the actual data) that went into the report's claims.

Among the more controversial claims being made:

50% of Municipal Wireless Networks won't break even (over five years? at $25/user? and who knows under what other constraints?).

Municipal Networks will cost $150,000 a square mile to build (over five years? using what equipment? based on what topology?).

I'm skeptical of broad, seemingly monolithic claims about costs -- but I'll withhold judgement until I get a chance to actually read the report.