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story category Earthlink Wi-Fi in Atlanta
Seventh active city -- eighth if San Fran votes yes
(old news - 12:35PM Thursday Jan 25 2007)
tags: competition · business · wireless · municipal
Earthlink's hometown of Atlanta will be the next city to see Earthlink municipal Wi-Fi, according to a company press release. Earthlink offers municipal Wi-Fi in six cities (San Fran is still negotiating), and the Atlanta install should mirror the earlier projects by offering symmetrical 1Mbps speeds for around $18 monthly. Their Philly Wi-Fi network was just ranked the second best performing wireless network in the nation by Novarum.

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squison

join:2001-07-07
Decatur, GA

Yay!

Awesome. Good to see them using an Atlanta-based company to do it, too.
permalink · 2007-01-25 12:49:52 · Reply to this

e_dub
franknbeans
Premium,VIP
join:2001-08-12
kickin ass

Re: Yay!

I hope this works out for them.
permalink · 2007-01-25 13:22:39 · Reply to this
ackman

join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA

Re: Yay!

The homeless, the drug pushers, and the prostitutes will love the free wireless. Meanwhile, Atlanta firemen and police officers can't pay their utility bills on what they make.
permalink · 2007-01-26 12:47:49 · Reply to this

dot_null
Premium
join:2004-06-28
Kennesaw, GA		 I agree! It probably won't make it up to Kennesaw, where I'm at, but it is still a push in the right direction.
permalink · 2007-01-25 16:48:08 · Reply to this
ackman

join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA
said by squison See Profile :

Awesome. Good to see them using an Atlanta-based company to do it, too.
The same Atlanta-based company that recently laid off a bunch of folks and outsourced loads of jobs to India? I don't share your enthusiasm.
permalink · 2007-01-26 12:44:08 · Reply to this
alfnoid
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-18

How much of the Atlanta area??

I wonder how much of the area will be covered.

I seriously doubt it will make it up to me in the burbs, but for $18/month I would get it just for a backup.

peace
permalink · 2007-01-25 14:00:59 · Reply to this
Automate

join:2001-06-26
Atlanta, GA

Re: How much of the Atlanta area??

The contract is with the City of Atlanta so I doubt it will go beyond the city limits. My guess is that they will start with the downtime area and build outward. I wounder if they will even make it to Buckhead.
permalink · 2007-01-25 20:02:14 · Reply to this
ndwbr

join:2003-07-10
Atlanta, GA		 132 square miles actually!

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permalink · 2007-01-25 22:24:29 · Reply to this

nswint
Who Built The Ark?
Premium
join:2001-11-17
Union City, GA
clubs:

Re: How much of the Atlanta area??

that's almost 1/4th of the inside of the perimeter.
permalink · 2007-01-26 08:16:03 · Reply to this
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