<http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23355>
The city council of Milpitas, California has unanimously approved a
city takeover of the municipal wi-fi system installed a year ago by
Earthlink. The company is abandoning the Milpitas infrastructure as
it exits the muni wi-fi sector nationwide.
Milpitas plans to maintain and operate the wi-fi system purely for
city functions--including fire and police communications and city
business operations such as billing, permitting, and internal
communications. That's a big departure from the system's original
purpose, provision of free wi-fi to all Milpitas residents.
Earthlink says it spent $1.8 million to install the 311 nodes that
make up the Milpitas system. It estimated the system's current,
installed value at $800,000.
Milpitas Vice-Mayor Bob Livengood said the city never intended to get
into the wi-fi business. He doesn't think it's likely it will
continue to operate the system in the long run.
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