SirPsychoSexy said:
The San Francisco free WiFi deal just fell apart today.
Why?
Probably a combination of Wifi being a terrible technology for this type of thing, and Google's interest in the new spectrum auction (with said spectrum being much more appropriate for large-geographical-area rollouts).
EarthLink declined to comment further on the San Francisco deal. But earlier this week, EarthLink's new CEO, Rolla Huff, told CNET News.com that its citywide Wi-Fi business doesn't make sense for the company right now. He said the company needs to come up with a new business model before it spends anymore money to build these networks.
"We simply have not found a way in the old business model to make a return on our investment," Huff said in the interview. "We need to get our cost structure right, so we aren't burning so much cash that shareholders want to get out of the market altogether. We need to make it a valuable option. We have a real interest in ultimately making municipal Wi-Fi successful."
SirPsychoSexy said:
The San Francisco free WiFi deal just fell apart today.
Why?
Probably a combination of Wifi being a terrible technology for this type of thing, and Google's interest in the new spectrum auction (with said spectrum being much more appropriate for large-geographical-area rollouts).
I might've said the deal fell through because of fears the technology would make the city more vulnerable to Mothra attack, but I read some of the widely available news reports. You should try research sometime. It's fun.
freshprncebelair
Ellicott City, MD
June 2004
AUG 30, 2007 05:27 PM