Tempe, Chandler muni network back online with new owner
January 9, 2008 at 1:16 PM by Carol Ellison
Over the weekend, Kite Networks shut down operations in Tempe and Chandler, Arizona, triggering worries that the plug had been pulled on the metro wireless network that serves the two cities. Today, the service is back up and under new ownership.
That sent a shudder through muni wireless circles. Kite was once considered one of the “big three” companies specializing in big metro-scale wireless deployments. But the shutdown turned out to be a temporary, accidental outage occasioned by the change of…



