San Francisco Free Wi-Fi Plan Fails

Reader r writes with news from San Francisco that Earthlink has backed out of contract negotiations to blanket the city with free Wi-Fi, citing money problems. Seems like only yesterday that Chicago's Wi-Fi deal fell apart for much the same reason. Quoting: "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... EarthLink spokesman Jerry Grasso said that EarthLink was willing to work with San Francisco but had decided that it 'was not willing to work in the business model where EarthLink fronts all the money to build, own and operate the network.'"

Yesterday...

[AKAImBatman]

Seems like only yesterday that Chicago's Wi-Fi deal fell apart for much the same reason.

Because it was?

Ok, so it was reported yesterday, but it happened close enough to be reasonable called "yesterday". :-P

Don't be silly

[JamesRose]

Its just been re-organised, now its

San Fransisco- Wi-fi free