http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/ Engadget Comments for Philadelphia wants to buy Earthlink's former hardware, keep municipal WiFi dream alive http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/Dec 17th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/While it does work sometimes, it's horribly maintained and has a signal that barely makes it 25 yards from the lamppost the transmitter is mounted on.
I've talked to the guys who climb the pole every now and then and they laugh at how weak the signal is.
Standing right under the thing, I get 1 bar on my iPhone.
I hope Philly fairs better.]]>Dec 17th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/Dec 17th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/Dec 17th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/Dec 17th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/Dec 17th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/Dec 17th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/philadelphia-wants-to-buy-earthlinks-former-hardware-keep-muni/
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