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The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Dave Mock	Too Windy for Wi-Fi While Chicago's decision and EarthLink's troubles don't spell the end of municipal wireless, it is increasingly clear that such networks will face a higher level of scrutiny regarding costs and returns on their investments.
InternetNews October 4, 2005 Eric Griffith	EarthLink Scores with Philadelphia EarthLink launches its municipal wireless division with a win as the pick for Wireless Philadelphia.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 Dave Mock	Intel: Not-So-Secret Agent of Disruption Intel backs government initiatives for wireless broadband.
PC Magazine February 27, 2008 John Brandon	Municipal Wireless on the Ropes The Utopian vision of wireless for all city residents is starting to fade.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	New York City Plans To Give Residents $70 Million Worth Of Wi-Fi In an effort to further bridge the New York City's digital divide, the de Blasio administration is spending $70 million to expand cheap, high-speed broadband across the five boroughs, the city announced today.
Entrepreneur July 2008 Amanda C. Kooser	Public Offering A grass-roots wireless network is flourishing in San Francisco. How was it built?
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Ronald Grover	Municipal Wi-Fi: A Failure To Communicate Municipal Wi-Fi networks don't quite deliver on the promise of wide-ranging access.
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Catherine Yang	Wi-Fi With Its Own Zip Code As more municipalities set up wireless networks, a fast-moving business emerges.
Fast Company April 2008 Kristin Kloberdanz	The Hot Zone A Google-backed startup called Meraki thinks it can succeed where others have failed, building citywide Wi-Fi networks. First up: San Francisco.
PC Magazine February 8, 2008 Dan Costa	Muni Wi-Fi's Weak Signal When I log on to the Web at my apartment in Hoboken, I see 11 Wi-Fi networks, half of them open. So why should I pay taxes for muni Wi-Fi?
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Vonage Inks Earthlink to Wi-Fi Deal Internet phone company Vonage inked a three-year agreement with EarthLink, allowing the Internet access provider to offer Wi-Fi access to customers served by municipal wireless networks.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Yang & Green	Welcome to Broadband City Towns are rushing to build Wi-Fi systems. Cable and phone giants don't like it one bit.
InternetNews December 2, 2004 Michael Singer	'Wireless Philadelphia' Sparks Concern Philadelphia's controversial plan to create low-cost wireless Internet service is fueling a debate among Wi-Fi technology firms over business models.
Entrepreneur October 2005 Mike Hogan	Phone on the Range Head to the country, where Wi-Fi roams free and unrestricted by big-city politics. You'll be encouraged by the possibilities.
InternetNews March 7, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Muni Wi-Fi's Second Chance Wi-Fi networks can work with a little tweaking, a new study finds.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Muni Wi-Fi Aims to Close Digital Divide Private enterprise broadband providers ignoring the growing digital divide should expect competition from local municipalities.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2007 Anders Bylund	EarthLink Rollas On in a Huff A look at EarthLink's new CEO, and thoughts about where the company is headed.
InternetNews August 16, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Google Unwires a City Google today turned on free Internet access for all of Mountain View, Calif.
InternetNews June 27, 2006 Tim Scannell	An Eye For Muni Wi-Fi After nearly a decade of your-face messaging and alerts, Front Porch is now ready to flip its PorchLight on municipal Wi-Fi networks.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Eric Griffith	Earthlink, Google are Top Pick to Unwire San Francisco The five-member TechConnect Committee planning the future of city-wide wireless for the city of San Francisco last night picked the partnership of Earthlink and Google as their top choice of system integrator to install and manage the network.
Inc. July 2006 Martha Baer	Wi-Fi for the Masses Tropos Networks aims to bring the high-speed internet to everyone. Here's how the company is doing it - one city at a time.
HBS Working Knowledge February 14, 2005 Julie Jette	Will Traditional Broadband Stand Up against Wi-Fi and WiMAX? With wireless broadband capabilities expanding significantly, it looks like "regular" broadband providers and cellular phone services have their work cut out for them. But maybe there is room for everybody.
InternetNews June 23, 2005 Roy Mark	McCain Bill Would Help Municipal Wi-Fi New bill seeks to block state and incumbent telecoms' efforts to keep cities out of broadband business.
PC World August 2005 Tom Spring	ISPs Attempt to Stop Public Broadband Cable and DSL providers battle cities that want to offer access to residents.
PC Magazine November 16, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	The Biggest Wi-Fi Cloud of All The largest wireless hot spot in the United States is rural Oregon. Wireless providers are hoping the trend doesn't spread.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009	Faster Web Connections Washington is trying to figure out how to expand broadband service throughout the U.S. at a reasonable cost. Take a look at the competing technologies.
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Jeremy Hsu	Wi-Fi Cloud Hovers Over Salt Lake City Researchers map the invisible geography of wireless networks.
InternetNews August 28, 2007 Susan Kuchinskas	EarthLink In Major Restructuring EarthLink announced it will restructure, cutting 900 jobs and shuttering several regional offices.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007	Market growth to slow for Wi-Fi mesh networking Shipments of Wi-Fi mesh networking equipment will grow by more than threefold between 2006 and 2011, yet most of that growth will come between 2006 and 2008 and decline rapidly starting in 2009.
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Alan Cohen	WiMAX: The Wireless Net Gets Extreme Broadband wireless connections are right around the corner.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Glenn Derene	Mesh Networking Takes Wi-Fi to the Masses: Emerging Tech Most Wi-Fi hot spots work by taking a hard-wired Internet connection and distributing it over a 300-ft. radius from a wireless hub. This works fine for a single location, but what if you want to blanket a large area with wireless access?
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Scorched EarthLink Did EarthLink's cost-cutting really give investors anything to cheer about?
InternetNews October 18, 2004 Colin C. Haley	SBC Sees Cheap Wi-Fi as Cable Cudgel Seeking an edge over cable rivals, SBC Communications today announced $1.99-per-month Wi-Fi service for customers who subscribe to SBC Yahoo DSL.
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 David Kushner	Wi-Fi for the People Philadelphia plans to become the biggest wireless hot spot ever. But Philadelphia's plan is not designed just to put computers into underserved areas; it also aims to teach people how to use them.
PC Magazine November 15, 2006 Angela Chang	Traveling for the Holidays All the technology you need while you traveling by air or train.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 David Needle	Hey Google: Hold Up on Wi-Fi By The Bay Google/Earthlink plan is criticized by some who think higher speed fiber access should be the goal.
BusinessWeek May 26, 2011 Peter Burrows	Can Wi-Fi Work Citywide in New York? City-spanning Wi-Fi has been tried before. Towerstream's effort may work because of the rise of smartphones and tablets.
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Legislation Aims to Stop Muni Wi-Fi A new bill would prohibit state and local governments from competing with private-sector broadband providers.
Fast Company April 2008 Kristin Kloberdanz	Whither Municipal Wi-Fi? Here's a status report on five major public-wireless projects.
InternetNews May 16, 2006 Tim Scannell	Cell a Hard Sell Wi-Fi may be the technology du jour right now, but cellular is fighting for the inside track.
InternetNews March 11, 2011	Wi-Fi Speeds Lag 30% Behind Wired: Study For home users looking to enjoy the delights of a cord-free life, Wi-Fi is an obvious choice, but new research from Epitiro suggests that that convenience often means slower performance.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 John C. Dvorak	Disserving the Public The United States has dropped to 16th in the world in per capita broadband deployment, and we can expect to slip further. While there is local interest in improving the situation, state and federal officials will make sure it doesn't happen.
InternetNews January 27, 2006 David Needle	Silicon Valley Gears Up Wireless Plans Smart Valley announced the signing Thursday of an agreement to develop a Request for Proposal to design a high-speed wireless data network that will cover all of Silicon Valley.
InternetNews November 29, 2005 David Needle	Wi-Fi Still Booming Sales of chipsets that enable wireless connectivity topped 100 million units this year.
PC Magazine December 21, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Get with the Mesh Free Wi-Fi access for all? Here's how one California city is doing it.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink in the Balance You've gotta love a stock that goes up when profits are down. But tough times are still ahead for EarthLink. It's not hard to imagine this stock as a gamble for investors.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink Still Earthbound Although there was never any question that EarthLink had to transform its business, the jury's still out on how successful its array of new initiatives will be in such a competitive environment. EarthLink is still a mighty speculative stock for investors.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Tim Beyers	Lost in Space Satellite providers are seven years too late with broadband.