Toshiba’s Gigabeat Player Packs Wi-Fi (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Toshiba Corp. is refreshing its line-up of Gigabeat music players with new models including one that packs built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.

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EarthLink layoffs signal change in muni Wi-Fi (Washington Post)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

EarthLink Inc.’s announcement that it will lay off 900 people is a blow to broadband competition, but some industry followers say it doesn’t signal the end of municipal Wi-Fi.

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What does the Earthlink shake-up mean for the future of city Wi-Fi? (CNET)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network What does the Earthlink shake-up mean for the future of city Wi-Fi? –With Earthlink being one of the business leaders in providing city Wi-Fi solutions, it remains unclear what the future of Earthlink’s projects will be and what effect this news will have on the future of other city-wide Wi-Fi initiatives. The value of things: A great hi-fi vs. …

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Cowon strikes at Archos with Wi-Fi media player (The Register)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

IFA 07 South Korea’s Cowon today grew its stylish iAudio digital media player series with a pair of new models. The star of line-up: the Wi-Fi equipped Q5, a would-be Archos beater if there was one.…

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Municipal Wi-Fi faces financial hurdles (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

A year ago, it seemed like just about every major U.S. city was drawing up ambitious plans to build wireless Internet networks so more people, both rich and poor, could have online access wherever they wanted. Now, economics is blurring the Utopian vision as city leaders and the companies proposing to build the Wi-Fi networks haggle over whether the projects make financial sense.

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EarthLink Abandons San Francisco Wi-Fi Project (New York Times)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

San Francisco?s mayor, Gavin Newsom, remains committed to a plan to roll out a citywide Wi-Fi network despite EarthLink?s decision to bow out an agreement to build the system.

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EarthLink’s woes put free muni Wi-Fi in peril (CNET)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

EarthLink says it can’t afford to foot the bill to build citywide Wi-Fi networks, jeopardizing cities’ plans to provide low-income residents with affordable broadband.

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Municipal Wi-Fi faces financial hurdles (The Charlotte Observer)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

A year ago, it seemed like just about every major U.S. city was drawing up ambitious plans to build wireless Internet networks so more people, both rich and poor, could have online access wherever they wanted. Now, economics is blurring the Utopian vision as city leaders and the companies proposing to build the Wi-Fi networks haggle over whether the projects make financial sense. The problem came …

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EarthLink’s woes put free muni Wi-Fi in peril (ZDNet)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

EarthLink says it can’t afford to foot the bill to build citywide Wi-Fi networks, jeopardizing cities’ plans to provide low-income residents with affordable broadband. EarthLink’s scaled-back municipal Wi-Fi business has jeopardized many cities’ plans to bring free or low-cost broadband to low-income residents. A day after EarthLink announced a…

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Municipal Wi-Fi hits financial hurdles (USA Today)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Second thoughts about municipal Wi-Fi revolve around questions about whether the networks will generate enough revenue to justify the multimillion-dollar investments to build and maintain them.

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