NEWS: California City Will Take Over Abandoned Muni Wi-Fi System

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From: John Navas
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:35

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   The city council of Milpitas, California has unanimously approved a
   city takeover of the municipal wi-fi system installed a year ago by
   Earthlink. The company is abandoning the Milpitas infrastructure as
   it exits the muni wi-fi sector nationwide.

   Milpitas plans to maintain and operate the wi-fi system purely for
   city functions--including fire and police communications and city
   business operations such as billing, permitting, and internal
   communications. That's a big departure from the system's original
   purpose, provision of free wi-fi to all Milpitas residents.

   Earthlink says it spent $1.8 million to install the 311 nodes that
   make up the Milpitas system. It estimated the system's current,
   installed value at $800,000.

   Milpitas Vice-Mayor Bob Livengood said the city never intended to get
   into the wi-fi business. He doesn't think it's likely it will
   continue to operate the system in the long run.

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