S.F. citywide Wi-Fi plan fizzles as provider backs off  —  Mayor Gavin Newsom’s high-profile effort to blanket San Francisco with a free wireless Internet network died Wednesday when provider EarthLink backed out of a proposed contract with the city.  —  The contract, which was three years in the making …

Source:   San Francisco Chronicle

Author:   Robert Selna

Link:   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007…