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CIO April 1, 2006 Susannah Patton	Wi-Fight A growing number of cities and towns want to develop their own public Wi-Fi networks. But they face stiff opposition from telecom and cable providers.
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 David Kushner	Wi-Fi for the People Philadelphia plans to become the biggest wireless hot spot ever. But Philadelphia's plan is not designed just to put computers into underserved areas; it also aims to teach people how to use them.
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Catherine Yang	Wi-Fi With Its Own Zip Code As more municipalities set up wireless networks, a fast-moving business emerges.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 Dave Mock	Intel: Not-So-Secret Agent of Disruption Intel backs government initiatives for wireless broadband.
InternetNews October 4, 2005 Eric Griffith	EarthLink Scores with Philadelphia EarthLink launches its municipal wireless division with a win as the pick for Wireless Philadelphia.
Entrepreneur October 2005 Mike Hogan	Phone on the Range Head to the country, where Wi-Fi roams free and unrestricted by big-city politics. You'll be encouraged by the possibilities.
InternetNews August 17, 2005 Eric Griffith	San Francisco Looks To Wireless Future San Francisco's TechConnect program is on the starting block to offer 'affordable broadband' - not necessarily free.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Yang & Green	Welcome to Broadband City Towns are rushing to build Wi-Fi systems. Cable and phone giants don't like it one bit.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Ronald Grover	Municipal Wi-Fi: A Failure To Communicate Municipal Wi-Fi networks don't quite deliver on the promise of wide-ranging access.
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Eric Griffith	Earthlink, Google are Top Pick to Unwire San Francisco The five-member TechConnect Committee planning the future of city-wide wireless for the city of San Francisco last night picked the partnership of Earthlink and Google as their top choice of system integrator to install and manage the network.
Entrepreneur February 2007 Amanda C. Kooser	What Can Muni Wi-Fi Do for Your Biz? Tune in to the opportunities citywide Wi-Fi projects bring.
InternetNews August 17, 2006 Ed Sutherland	The Tropos Two-Play Router Tropos Networks has beefed up its gear by releasing the first in a product family of routers to give growing number of municipalities more choices in citywide wireless access.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Dave Mock	Too Windy for Wi-Fi While Chicago's decision and EarthLink's troubles don't spell the end of municipal wireless, it is increasingly clear that such networks will face a higher level of scrutiny regarding costs and returns on their investments.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
PC Magazine February 8, 2008 Dan Costa	Muni Wi-Fi's Weak Signal When I log on to the Web at my apartment in Hoboken, I see 11 Wi-Fi networks, half of them open. So why should I pay taxes for muni Wi-Fi?
InternetNews March 7, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Muni Wi-Fi's Second Chance Wi-Fi networks can work with a little tweaking, a new study finds.
HBS Working Knowledge February 14, 2005 Julie Jette	Will Traditional Broadband Stand Up against Wi-Fi and WiMAX? With wireless broadband capabilities expanding significantly, it looks like "regular" broadband providers and cellular phone services have their work cut out for them. But maybe there is room for everybody.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Muni Wi-Fi Aims to Close Digital Divide Private enterprise broadband providers ignoring the growing digital divide should expect competition from local municipalities.
InternetNews December 2, 2004 Michael Singer	'Wireless Philadelphia' Sparks Concern Philadelphia's controversial plan to create low-cost wireless Internet service is fueling a debate among Wi-Fi technology firms over business models.
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Steven Cherry	Wi-Fi Nodes to Talk Amongst Themselves A new standard for mesh technologies will lower the costs of citywide wireless networks.
Knowledge@Wharton March 26, 2003	Wi-Fi: A Wild Card in Telecom's Restructuring A wild card as the industry restructures is a technology called "wi-fi." Wi-fi is such a hot area -- one of the few pockets of optimism on the tech scene today -- that a recent Wharton conference presented a panel devoted to discussing its potential.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	New York City Plans To Give Residents $70 Million Worth Of Wi-Fi In an effort to further bridge the New York City's digital divide, the de Blasio administration is spending $70 million to expand cheap, high-speed broadband across the five boroughs, the city announced today.
PC Magazine February 27, 2008 John Brandon	Municipal Wireless on the Ropes The Utopian vision of wireless for all city residents is starting to fade.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	New Orleans 1, Google 0 With hardware donated by Intel, Tropos, and Pronto Networks mounted on various street lights, New Orleans is opening up a can of Wi-Fi worms that should have been popped open years ago.
InternetNews August 18, 2005 David Needle	Intel Envisions Wireless Cities A pilot program led by Intel will help provide connectivity and applications to expand and improve services for businesses and citizens in 13 communities.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink Still Earthbound Although there was never any question that EarthLink had to transform its business, the jury's still out on how successful its array of new initiatives will be in such a competitive environment. EarthLink is still a mighty speculative stock for investors.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink in the Balance You've gotta love a stock that goes up when profits are down. But tough times are still ahead for EarthLink. It's not hard to imagine this stock as a gamble for investors.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Alyce Lomax	2006 in Review: EarthLink Investors, EarthLink has its work cut out for it as it tries to venture into new business lines while its legacy dial-up revenues are dwindling.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink's Greenhouse Effect Are things warming up for EarthLink? Or is the ISP in hot water? Although EarthLink shares may look "cheap" to some at the moment, given the challenges that remain, the future's still a bit fuzzy.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Scorched EarthLink Did EarthLink's cost-cutting really give investors anything to cheer about?
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009	Faster Web Connections Washington is trying to figure out how to expand broadband service throughout the U.S. at a reasonable cost. Take a look at the competing technologies.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink Sinks The communications company's many initiatives drag it to a quarterly loss.
Entrepreneur March 2003 Mike Hogan	Why Wait? While 3G networks are stuck in wireless limbo, Wi-Fi is growing by leaps and bounds.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink's Earthbound Sales The company's flagging sales are enough to give investors something to worry about in an industry space that's become increasingly competitive.
InternetNews August 28, 2007 Susan Kuchinskas	EarthLink In Major Restructuring EarthLink announced it will restructure, cutting 900 jobs and shuttering several regional offices.
PC Magazine September 12, 2007 Jim Louderback	Google: Lost in Translation Google Documents has a lot going for it, but don't expect to run your business on it... Beware Metropolitan Wi-Fi... Domain Horror Story...
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Vonage Inks Earthlink to Wi-Fi Deal Internet phone company Vonage inked a three-year agreement with EarthLink, allowing the Internet access provider to offer Wi-Fi access to customers served by municipal wireless networks.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Alyce Lomax	EarthLink, a World of Wonder This ISP has a wide world to conquer. Investors must wonder whether Earthlink can pull it off.