{"id":472,"date":"2007-08-28T09:28:05","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T13:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/08\/28\/arlington-wifi-on-hold\/"},"modified":"2007-08-28T09:28:05","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T13:28:05","slug":"arlington-wifi-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/08\/28\/arlington-wifi-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington Wifi On Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Arlington County\/Earthlink wifi project <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/04\/10\/earthlink-wifi-is-it-a-good-deal-for-arlington\/\">I wrote about back in April<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, Earthlink did secure a contract with the County, but now that&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muniwireless.com\/article\/view\/6347\/\">put on hold<\/a> as a result of Earthlink&#8217;s financial problems (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-893643~Earthlink_re_evaluation_slows_Alexandria__Arlington_Wi_Fi.html\">as has Alexandria&#8217;s network<\/a>, which has been partially built).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The good news is that no one&#8217;s relying on either of these networks at this point, but it does highlight the importance of building contingencies for situations like these into municipal wifi contracts.\u00c2\u00a0 It will be a shame if that equipment in Alexandria simply sits on the poles while Earthlink sorts itself out (Om Malik is <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2007\/08\/27\/for-earthlink-black-tuesday-looms-job-cuts-restructuring\/\">reporting<\/a> that Earthlink is considering selling its municipal network division).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Arlington County\/Earthlink wifi project I wrote about back in April?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, Earthlink did secure a contract with the County, but now that&#8217;s been put on hold as a result of Earthlink&#8217;s financial problems (as has Alexandria&#8217;s network, which has been partially built).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The good news is that no one&#8217;s relying on either of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-distribution","category-tech","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remember the Arlington County\/Earthlink wifi project I wrote about back in April?\u00c2 Well, Earthlink did secure a contract with the County, but now that&#039;s been put on hold as a result of Earthlink&#039;s financial problems (as has Alexandria&#039;s network, which has been partially built).\u00c2 \u00c2 The good news is that no one&#039;s relying on either of\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"distribution,tech,virginia\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/08\/28\/arlington-wifi-on-hold\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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