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Size Matters: Napa Utility Poles Too Short for Wi-Fi
Filed in archive Wi-Fi by jeff goldman on October 31, 2007
Size Matters: Napa Utility Poles Too Short for Wi-Fi

The Napa Valley Register's Kevin Courtney today reported that another muni Wi-Fi project has bit the dust.


"Plans to saturate the city of Napa with wireless Internet service, allowing computer-users to log on practically anywhere, have crashed," Courtney writes. "The city and AT&T announced this week they are ending their partnership to make Napa a cutting-edge Wi-Fi community. AT&T had planned to invest more than $1 million in equipment and service."


The fatal issue, apparently, wasn't cost - it was that the utility poles in Napa are too short: they don't leave enough room for Wi-Fi antennas. "This fatal deficiency wasn't known when Napa and AT&T Inked their Wi-Fi agreement with much fanfare in February," Courtney writes.


More here from the Associated Press.




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