Re: Muni Wifi updates -- Chicago and Earthlink

[cross-posted to alt.internet.wireless]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:07:10 -0700, Roy <aa4re@aa4re.ampr.org> wrote in
<13dbkff2jgs1v53@corp.supernews.com>:

>1) Chicago scraps plans
>
>"An ambitious plan to blanket the city with wireless broadband Internet
>will be shelved because it is too costly and too few residents would use
>it, Chicago officials said Tuesday."
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/08/29/w...rss_topstories
>
>2) Earthlink gives out pink slips and closes SF office. Earthlink is
>the prime contractor for the SF municipal WiFi
>
>"EarthLink Inc., one of the few survivors of Atlanta's tech wave of the
>1990s, said Tuesday it will slash its work force nearly in half in an
>effort to stabilize its business after a string of losses."
>
>"The cut positions range across the company, including most job types.
>Several executives are departing as well: Donald Berryman, who ran the
>municipal Wi-Fi business, and Steve Howe, a senior vice president who is
>based in California.
>
>The company will close offices in Orlando, Knoxville, San Francisco and
>Harrisburg, Pa., while also slashing much of its work force in Pasadena,
>Calif. However, the company is not cutting off any customers."
>
>http://www.ajc.com/business/content/...ge_tab_newstab

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