http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/1179 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.freepress.net/node/42844 Future of the Internet AOL dial-up EarthLink Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:13:45 -0700 Holiday Shapiro 42844 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/42503 <p><!--Without a computer and the knowledge to get online wirelessly, “free Wi-Fi” isn’t truly free and accessible. Offering the service to people without computers is like telling a child to pick out anything in the toy store as long as she can pay for it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42503">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink Megan Tady muni Wi-Fi Network Acquisition Company PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:52:41 -0700 Stevie Converse 42503 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/42039 <p>A group of investors has bought EarthLink’s Philadelphia municipal wireless network. Among the investors are Mark Rupp and Derek Pew, executives at Boathouse Communications Partners, an investment firm, and Richard Rasansky, a local entrepreneur.. Dave Hanna, chairman of Tropos Networks, is also part of the group (note: the Philadelphia network uses Tropos equipment).</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42039">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink PA Philadelphia Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:10:50 -0700 42039 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/41704 <p>Free outdoor wireless service is now available throughout most of Philadelphia, courtesy of a stunning deal concluded late yesterday that transferred Earthlink's Philadelphia network to a new company created by local investors.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41704">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink muni Wi-Fi PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:53:19 -0700 Stevie Converse 41704 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/41584 <p>Earthlink's recent decision to close America's first major, all-wireless city, and perhaps all its installations, seem to be the death blow to the municipal wireless movement.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41584">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet broadband Community Internet EarthLink Wireless Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:16:12 -0700 41584 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/41168 <p>MetroFi is trying to sell its citywide Wi-Fi networks in Portland (Oregon), Aurora and Naperville (Illinois) and Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Foster City and Concord (California). MetroFi founder, Chuck Haas, says he is also exploring the sale of MetroFi itself to a third party.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41168">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink MetroFi PA Philadelphia Portland Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:11:05 -0700 41168 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39931 <p><strong>MetroFi will sell its networks, but plans to shutter if there are no buyers</strong>: Ah, folks, the trifecta has arrived, and I’m nothing but sad about it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39931">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet CA Community Internet EarthLink MetroFi Fri, 16 May 2008 10:53:04 -0700 39931 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39866 <p>The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a way to keep the network up and running.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39866">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet Community Wi-Fi EarthLink muni Wi-Fi PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Thu, 15 May 2008 08:53:29 -0700 Stevie Converse 39866 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39833 <p>EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39833">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet Community Wi-Fi EarthLink muni Wi-Fi PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Wed, 14 May 2008 07:08:06 -0700 Stevie Converse 39833 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39826 <p>EarthLink said Tuesday that it is pulling the plug on its citywide Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39826">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet Community Wi-Fi EarthLink muni Wi-Fi PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Wed, 14 May 2008 06:36:44 -0700 Stevie Converse 39826 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39825 <p>A few weeks after announcing it will shut down its municipal wireless network in New Orleans, EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday that it has notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that it is terminating that network, too.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39825">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet Community Wi-Fi EarthLink LA muni Wi-Fi New Orleans PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Wed, 14 May 2008 06:30:01 -0700 Stevie Converse 39825 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39788 <p>There have been a lot of rumors that EarthLink is taking down the wireless access points this week unless Wireless Philadelphia, the organization that is in charge of the municipal wireless project, takes over the network. Wireless Philadelphia will not say whether or not this is true, they just say no comment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39788">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink PA Philadelphia Tue, 13 May 2008 08:58:23 -0700 39788 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39782 <p>A citywide wireless Internet network that promised to help bridge the “digital divide” may be shuttered if the city isn’t able to reach an agreement with Earthlink, the company that built the system for free but now wants out.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39782">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink PA Philadelphia Tue, 13 May 2008 08:38:17 -0700 39782 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39772 <p>Philadelphia's Wi-Fi network continues to operate in the roughly 80% of the City in which it has been deployed (<a href="http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/coverage_area.cfm">see map</a>).</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39772">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink PA Philadelphia Tue, 13 May 2008 08:20:30 -0700 39772 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/39711 <p>The fate of Philadephia's citywide Wi-Fi deployment is still in limbo as EarthLink threatens to pull the plug.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/39711">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet EarthLink PA Philadelphia Wi-Fi Mon, 12 May 2008 04:37:15 -0700 Stevie Converse 39711 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38993 <p>EarthLink Inc. has tried for months to sell off the municipal wireless Internet business it set up in cities nationwide, including the Wi-Fi network the firm installed here in 2006, due to plummeting profits.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38993">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet CA Community Internet EarthLink Milpitas Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:44:53 -0700 38993 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38953 <p>EarthLink's bid to link U.S. cities to the Internet with Wi-Fi came closer to an end on Tuesday as both Corpus Christi, Texas, and Milpitas, California, agreed to take back networks owned by the struggling service provider.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38953">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet CA Community Internet Corpus Christi EarthLink Milpitas TX Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:18:06 -0700 38953 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38598 <p>As two U.S. cities take over networks that were built out by EarthLink, they are putting the "municipal" back in municipal Wi-Fi.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38598">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet CA Community Internet Corpus Christi EarthLink Milpitas TX Wi-Fi Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:17:14 -0700 Stevie Converse 38598 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38597 <p>The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, has taken back ownership of the wireless mesh network it sold last year to EarthLink.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38597">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet Corpus Christi EarthLink TX Wi-Fi Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:13:15 -0700 Stevie Converse 38597 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/38580 <p>The city council of Corpus Christi, Texas is voting this week on an agreement with EarthLink that would transfer ownership of the municipal Wi-Fi network back to the city.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/38580">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Community Internet Corpus Christi EarthLink TX Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:10:58 -0700 38580 at http://www.freepress.net