Today's round-up of hot zones, and public and private metropolitan-scale networks includes...
Shawano, Wisconsin: The municipal utilities of this town will install service across 2 1/4 square miles at a cost of $160,000 this summer. The primary purpose is public safety, but the town may offer wholesale access to ISPs who want to resell to retail customers.
Kalamazoo, Michigan: ICOA unwires the airport in Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, which serves 500,000 passengers a year (counting both directions).
Columbia SC is trying to get on the map too! There a good post here: http://www.empirehart.com/blog/?p=31