MuniWireless

EarthLink and MetroFi applied a similar business model to the muni market. Upsell customers from a free, ad-supported service and seek anchor tenant commitments from the city partners. So why is MetroFi succeeding with a strategy that failed EarthLink? This week I caught up with Chuck Haas, MetroFi’s founder and CEO, to get his take on the muni market in this post-EarthLink era.

MetroFi remains solidly in the muni market as EarthLink retreats from it. MetroFi deployments in Portland, OR, Riverside,…

Madison, Wisconsin, is bucking the anchor tenancy trend with the build-out of a muni network that not only makes no anchor tenant commitment to the network provider but also requires the partner to pay for mounting antennas on city property. How’s that working out? Apparently, just dandy.Madison, Wisconsin, is bucking the anchor tenancy trend with the build-out of a muni network that not only makes no anchor tenant commitment to the network provider but also requires the partner to pay…

In an interesting alignment of announcements, Chicago is putting its plans for a municipal wireless network on ice on the same day that EarthLink, one of its potential partners, announced 900 lay-offs, including the president of the company’s muni division.In an interesting alignment of announcements, Chicago is putting its plans for a municipal wireless network on ice on the same day that EarthLink, one of its potential partners, announced 900 lay-offs, including the president of the company’s muni division.

Coincidental? Probably…