[LINK] Google/Earthlink SFO Wifi Bites the Dust

[Richard Chirgwin]

Roger,

Since Google News can't find it either, it may be that Aus IT hasn't 
posted the story to its Website. That may be a restriction on what 
they're allowed to do with syndication from the Financial Times. Plenty 
of other stories on the collapse of the proposals, though.

Funny, isn't it? Australia ... NSW in particular ... is still stuck at 
the relentless chearleading stage for similar proposals. What reception 
would the NSW government get if it shelved its Sydney citywide WiFi 
network plans?

It's also worth remembering that press and bloggers frequently treated 
this service as something they already had in San Francisco, rather than 
as something which was on the RSN list...

RC


Roger Clarke wrote:
> Can anyone find the article on OzIT's appallingly dysfunctional site?
>
> The dead trees version is on p. 35, beneath Karen Dearne's expose of 
> the idiocy in the AML-CTFR legislation.
>
> It's a reprint of a Financial Times article, key sentences:
>
> "The San Francisco scheme ... fell apart last week after ISP Earthlink 
> said it was pulling out of a contract to build the city's WiFi network 
> ... [after the city declined to be an anchor tenant and guarantee 
> revenue]".
>
> "Separately, Chicago shelved its plans to provide WiFi coverage over 
> the city's 228 square miles, saying it would require significant 
> public financing and that demand was declining [i.e. someone's 
> installing Wimax there, and they hope that will work]".
>