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August 30, 2007
Bye, Bye Wi-Fi?
Houston's much anticipated municipal wireless program is in trouble. After striking a deal with Earthlink earlier this year to build the largest wi-fi network in the country, the City of Houston will accept a $5 million penalty from the company for failing to meet its deadlines to get the program rolling.
Meanwhile Earthlink, which is undergoing some corporate restructuring, will attempt to find additional investors for the project or risk eating the $5 million penalty by walking away from the deal. We sincerely hope Earthlink can make it work, because if not it may be quite a while before municipal wi-fi comes to Houston. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
Posted by houtopia at August 30, 2007 08:52 AM