EarthLink closing Philadelphia Wi-Fi network

EARTHLINK CLOSING PHILADELPHIA WI-FI NETWORK
A few weeks after announcing it will shut down its municipal wireless network in New Orleans, EarthLink said Tuesday that it has notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that it is terminating that network, too. The company said it is providing customers in the area with service through a 30-day transition period that ends June 12. It is getting in touch with these customers to give them information about the termination and help move them to other EarthLink Internet services. EarthLink said the decision to shut the Philadelphia network followed months of negotiations with the city and a nonprofit organization, under which EarthLink had offered to transfer the network to the city or organization for free. The company had also offered to pay an unspecified amount of cash and donate new Wi-Fi equipment. EarthLink also said it filed a proceeding in federal court Tuesday seeking a declaration that it can remove its equipment from Philadelphia street lights and that its total liability may not total more than $1 million.
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