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So what does SF do now about muni WiFi?

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california_san_francisco.jpgFollowing on the heels of EarthLink’s recent crash and burn, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a HUGE supporter of the proposed citywide network that would have been managed by EarthLink and Google, is looking to see if anyone else can pick up the pieces and get the effort up and running again.

At this point, it looks like the city will issue another RFP and see what shakes out. In addition, the Board of Supervisors, who had expressed misgivings about the proposed network, will certainly feel even more empowered to scrutinize any new potential muni WiFi deals.

It appears that any new potential suitors will have to detail the finanical parameters of the network to the nth degree as well as ensure that it will be paid for with a minimum of local government involvement. That’ll be tough to accomplish, but there still is an opportunity here that vendors may wish to exploit.

[Via New York Times]


Posted in Citywide wireless, General, Wi-Fi on September 7th, 2007

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