Like many other North American cities, Moncton, New Brunswick - population 126,000 - knows its economic future depends on attracting entrepreneurs and technology - based businesses. That means the city itself needs to project a technology - friendly image.

What better way to project that image than to offer free municipal WiFi in its downtown center?

The challenge, of course, is that "free" isn’t truly free. But with HP’s help, Moncton found a budget-friendly way to implement a municipal wireless network, saving not only installation costs but ongoing connectivity dollars as well.