With more and more cities exploring the idea of a city-wide and operated Wi-Fi service, Russell Shaw digs into the story of Chaska, Minnesota. The small city officially rolled out its municipal Wi-Fi offering in November and has already seen more than 10% of its residents sign up for the service. It's also attracting a lot of attention from big cities such as Philadelphia and San Francisco that are eager to hear what lessons it's learned.

For more on municipal wireless service, check out his interview with the network's manager in this second in our Earthlink-sponsored series on the Future of Wireless.