Here are another couple webpages along the same lines of

http://www.tele-works.com/

The first is on a "City Hall in the Mall"... a local gov't kiosk.

http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/news_printable.htm?id=23889.

The next is about Reno's implementation of a tele-works project.

http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=99759

Wireless Technology will facilitate this.

While reading my copy of PC Today, I noticed that citywide free Wi-Fi access has come to Fort Wayne, IN. Ditto for San Antonio, TX and Corpus Christi and many others. In fact, even Bland County, VA (one of the most rural counties) has recently unveiled a free wireless network for residents and businesses; paying $6000 for the first phase of the network.

But since Intel expects Wi-Max (range 2 miles to 10 miles) to merge with or replace Wi-Fi (range 100 to 300 ft) in the next few years, I would think a city would be more apt to lean toward Wi-Max technology. Intel also expects that computer chips with Wi-Max capability will be available for laptops and mobile connective devices in the near future. This will certainly make it easier to do business in areas having that capacity. In early 2007 Muskegon County, Michigan will be the first area in North America to deploy a mobile Wi-Max network.