MuniWireless

EarthLink says it wants to merge with other ISPs, possibly AOL, to keep its dial-up business alive. Although the company had a profit of $53 million in the second quarter of 2008, it had 30% fewer dial-up subscribers than last year with a significant drop (21%) in revenue. EarthLink pulled out of the municipal wireless business and its joint venture with SK Telecom, the MVNO called Helio. EarthLink lost a lot of money on Helio. They invested more than $200…

The Manchester (UK) City Council wants to extend the Eastserve project’s wireless broadband network to cover the entire city. It has issued a public tender for a citywide wireless network. The deadline for submissions is 8 August 2008; the city will announce the winning bid on 25 August 2008. Go to the Manchester City website for more information about the wireless broadband project. If you just want to view the documents, I have posted here the invitation to tender and…