City disconnecting from Wi-Fi vision

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By Jon Van | Tribune staff reporter
August 28, 2007

Chicago is curtailing its digital dreams, deciding to back away from municipal Wi-Fi service after failing to reach agreement with either of two companies that sought to build a wireless Internet network in the city.

The move comes as municipal broadband wireless projects around the country face difficulties, and EarthLink Inc., a major player in the field, is re-evaluating its future in municipal Wi-Fi.

As envisioned in early 2006, Chicago was expected to become one of the first big cities in the country to blanket its streets and neighborhoods with a wireless Internet signal that would allow residents access to the Web in their homes and wherever they traveled in the city.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tue_nowifi0828aug28,1,3724208.story

Even though I no longer live in the city, I wish that this was happening. Guess Daley has to save his $$$ for the Olympics. It might have made the internet possible for people who can't afford a DSL line or cable.


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1. too much money to be made to give it away

can't have that happening here in big biz city.