Philly won't fight to save Wi-Fi network

The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a way to keep the network up and running. The city government isn't talking to EarthLink or doing anything else to save the network, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter said Wednesday. This was in contrast to a statement on Tuesday by Wireless Philadelphia, a group that provides low-cost access to the network for disadvantaged residents, that said the group and the city were together trying to find ways to preserve the network. "Our goal at this point ... is to facilitate an orderly termination of the relationship and to protect the city's interests in the process," spokesman Douglas Oliver said. "We don't know what tomorrow holds. We don't know what other opportunities could potentially exist," Oliver added, but he said the city isn't involved in any discussions about saving the network. To start with, the city will focus on a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment that EarthLink filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Oliver said. EarthLink said it wants the court to affirm its rights to take down the network and to a $1 million limit on its liability.
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