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More Earthlink Bad News
By Larry Hendrick | December 14, 2007
Philadelphia is joining the chorus of Earthlink-bashers after being ‘dissed for a scheduled meeting. Bad business decisions by their Muni-Wifi division makes recovery difficult.
Earthlink recently wrote a check to the City of Houston for $5 million dollars for failure to meet deadlines, leaving the project’s future questionable for some. Now it appears they may be walking away from the largest project, Philadelphia, after much re-thinking on their business model.
Earthlink Ditches Muni-WiFi Hearing, Pisses Off Philadelphia
That rumored buyout never happened, of course, but evidence is mounting that company officials still regard it as an option. Enter the City of Brotherly Love where, according to various leaders, Earthlink actually ditched a scheduled meeting this week on a network they’ve invested approximately $20 million in. That’s ditched as in didn’t even bother to call Frank Rizzo!
According to an AP story, Earthlink instead sent an unsigned statement to council members explaining that it was “not yet able to provide complete answers” about the network’s future. Needless to say this displeased members of the council.
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