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City Wireless Provider Pulls Plug

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. The Atlanta -based Internet service ...

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inquiring minds
Barrington, NJ
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May 13, 2008
 
Just think, if they put the money that they wasted on that project into hiring police, or better yet, put into the school system.

I wonder how much $$$ this project actually cost the city? I'm not talking about the cost of installation, I mean all the studies, and the committees, and the experts hired for this? Now that it's a no-go, are these people still working for the city?

What a waste.
HTF
Somerdale, NJ
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May 13, 2008
 
inquiring minds wrote:
are these people still working for the city?
Yes, they are now writing stories about domestic cats dessed up in cougar costumes.
G W Bush
Philadelphia, PA
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May 13, 2008
 
If it's wireless why does it need a plug????
Redneck
Philadelphia, PA
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#4
May 13, 2008
 
like they need wirelees internet...they will then need to go out and steal a laptop from a working person's car or house....they probably get free wired internet in prison so they can keep up with their hommies
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