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EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout
By Larry Hendrick | August 29, 2007
That didn’t take long.
Earthlink has agreed to pay the City of Houston $5 million dollars for missing deadlines in the Muni WiFi buildout. I did miss one part in my prediction—Earthlink has agreed to continue the project with a nine month extension.
EarthLink pays $5 million to delay Houston Wi-Fi buildout | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
A day after EarthLink said it would lay off nearly half its workforce, the company has agreed to pay the city of Houston a $5 million penalty fee for missing its first deadline in building the city’s municipal Wi-Fi network.Houston Mayor Bill White announced the settlement with EarthLink at a Houston City Council meeting on Wednesday. EarthLink, which had agreed to blanket nearly 640 square miles of Houston with Wi-Fi service, failed to meet its first deadline by not signing an agreement with CenterPoint Energy to lease its utility poles for the Wi-Fi project.
Of course, I’m not holding my breath …
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