Milpitas May Make Use Of Old Earthlink Wi-Fi NetworkGoogle to recreate Mountain View network in Milpitas
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old news - 11:56AM Saturday Aug 23 2008)
tags: business · wireless · municipal · GoogleMilpitas, California is one of those small cities that
was excited to get a citywide wireless network from Earthlink a couple of years back and then had to agree to a
return of the network when Earthlinks plans collapsed earlier this year. When the city accepted the network back, its plan was to use it solely as a municipal network. However, a
new agreement is pending which would once again offer free wi-fi to about 7000 users per month. The agreement would allow for the formation of a collaborative group called Silicon Valley Unwired which includes the city, Google and I-Net Solutions (the group that provides Wi-Fi for Mountain View in cooperation with Google). This non-profit group would work together to offer the networks service at no additional cost to the city using the infrastructure put into place by Earthlink.