In Oakland County, Mich., a large-scale wireless Internet project is underway. Officials announced the seven pilot communities selected for a test run of this project that will eventually cover Oakland County’s entire 910 square miles. The seven pilot communities – Royal Oak, Pontiac, Troy, Birmingham, Madison Heights, Oak Park, and Wixom – were selected on the basis of interest and available assets, technical feasibility, community landscape and sustainable service potential.
The pilot project covers a total of 18.5 square miles, more than 78,000 people and an estimated 35,000 households in the county of 1.2 million people.