Sacramento left with Cold Spots after MobilePro WiFi Blanet is Pulled

With all the discussion about the MobilePro pullout of the WiFi deal with the City of Sacramento it made me think maybe there is a better solution than blanketing the entire city with WiFi.

MobilePro Corp, which won a contract from the City of Sacramento last year to set up a wireless broadband network downtown, says it is withdrawing from the project after the city tried to change the terms of the deal.

The Bethesda, Md.-based company said Friday that Sacramento now wants a high-speed wi-fi network that would be free to all users and supported by advertising. MobilePro had wanted to charge for access for higher broadband users, but make slower, limited bandwidth available for free.

Wouldn't it make sense to focus on providing WiFi in areas where Sacramentans will actually use it like large public places such as the airport, shopping malls, cafe's, libraries etc.

The whole deal begs the question "Do we need a WiFi blanket over the whole city or just the HOT spots?"

Any thoughts?