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Earthlink Wi-Fi in Atlanta
Seventh active city -- eighth if San Fran votes yes
by Karl Bode Thursday 25-Jan-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.

e_dub
franknbeans
Premium,VIP
join:2001-08-12
kickin ass
kudos:2

Re: Yay!

I hope this works out for them.
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.

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.
ackman

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

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.
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
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.
ndwbr

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

»www.ajc.com/search/content/busin···ink.html

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

Re: How much of the Atlanta area??

that's almost 1/4th of the inside of the perimeter.

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