Google Wants to Own San Francisco

Google Wants to Own San Francisco

On the ISP-Wireless list, Kimo Crossman of webnetic.net reports on a new development in the San Francisco Wi-Fi standoff:

"Google wants the ability to create their own Wi-Fi network on light poles in addition to the 300k free tier they are underwriting on the EarthLink network," he writes. "I've been saying for over a year that muni Wi-Fi is all about Pole real estate — essentially access to the limited vertical assets in the city which have 24-7 power and are not decorative or blocked by trees or buildings. Everyone knows that current Wi-Fi isn't very powerful — this is about getting your right-of-way for the next generation."

A PDF file outlining Google's demands can be downloaded here.

"When Brian Roberts of DTIS, the city IT department staffer that is performing the negotiations, testified at a public hearing on Friday 11/17, he didn't reveal this major development even though the discussion happened at least a week earlier," Crossman writes.


One Response to “Google Wants to Own San Francisco”

  1. julya4@link.net said:

    Apr 26, 09 at 7:06 am

    How are you. It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t.
    I am from Liechtenstein and also now’m speaking English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: “Most people do not have any side effect from using this drug.”

    Thank you so much for your future answers :( . Shaver.


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