Google, EarthLink submit S.F. WiFi plan

[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: Dean Takahashi]
Google and EarthLink have teamed up to submit a proposal to create a city-wide wireless Internet network for San Francisco, officials said Tuesday. The bid was one of six San Francisco city officials said they received Tuesday evening. Other proposals were submitted by MetroFi, Communication Bridge Global, NextWLAN, Razortooth Communications and SF Metro Connect, which is an alliance of SeaKay, Cisco Systems and IBM. City officials did not release any details of the actual proposals or make them available Tuesday. They said a panel will review the bids and make recommendations by early April. "Affordable Internet that is accessible to all San Franciscans regardless of geography or income is simply essential," said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in a statement. "We must recognize that access to information is a fundamental government service akin to libraries or public schools."
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