August 31, 2007

Municipal Wi-Fi > Earthlink Backs Out of San Fran Wi-Fi Deal

"S.F. citywide Wi-Fi plan fizzles as provider backs off":

Mayor Gavin Newsom's high-profile effort to blanket San Francisco with a free wireless Internet network died Wednesday when provider EarthLink backed out of a proposed contract with the city.

The contract, which was three years in the making, had run into snags with the Board of Supervisors, but ultimately it was undone when Atlanta-based EarthLink announced Tuesday that it no longer believed providing citywide Wi-Fi was economically viable for the company.

Hat tip to Instapundit.

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