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EarthLink to pull Philly's Wi-Fi plug

DEBORAH YAO

Associated Press

Latest comment posted at 9:20 PM EDT 14/05/08

Company had once pinned its future on municipal networks following rapid declines in dial-up business ...Read the full article

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  1. Marcus Leja from Calgary, Canada writes: A dumb idea in 2003 proven so.
  2. D M from Canada writes: Wi-Fi is fine for airports, universities, hotels and coffee shops, but not really economical or practical for city wide deployment. Better for individual homes and businesses to use Cable, DSL or Wimax.
  3. Sissy Schuss from Canada writes: the idea of doing an end around the phone company and cable company is very appealing - in canada their prices are not competitive to justify a subscription

    the public is probably just not ready for this sort of thing
  4. Tim Cares from Canada writes: Eventually this type of thing will work but it is probably best to do it on a building by building basis.
  5. Robert Strand from Clyde, Ab., Canada writes: It's unfortunate that this system did not work out. It was a great idea which I hope pans out OK in the future for other municipalities, but perhaps in a modified form.

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