Anthony totally-on-the-mark:

“They are the monorails of this decade: the wrong technology, totally overpromised and completely undelivered,” said Anthony Townsend, research director at the Institute for the Future, a think tank.

From “Cities Struggle With Wireless Internet” from the Houston Chronicle.  The article describes the hassles and disappointments experienced by users, citizens, politicians and city staff in relation to muniwireless projects in various cities in the US.