Houston municipal wifi

I had lunch today with Terence Fontaine, deputy chief of staff for Houston's Mayor Bill White and I learned that Houston is in full swing, pursuing setting up a municipal wi-fi. After I got back from lunch and did a little bit of research, I realized that I've just been out of the loop and that people have been talking about this for at least the past couple of months. Exciting news! So the city appears to be taking bids now and I've heard that Google is one of the bidders so who knows... maybe WiFi in Houston will even be free.