Comments on: Selling WiFi, one community meeting at a time http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kimo Crossman http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125169 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:48:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125169 These companies aren’t offering free wifi just to be nice. We all know how drug dealers work – first sample is always free.

If EarthLink gets the wireless franchise they get the lightpoles – when the next version of WiFi comes out that really competes – they got a citywide monopoly.

]]> By: Earthling - EarthLink blog http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125168 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:01:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125168 Headed to SF Today…

Today will be mostly taken up with travel, as I’m headed to San Francisco for the first two community forums about the EarthLink and Google Wi-Fi project. Over at GigaOm Katie Fehrenbacher writes that she foresees lively discussions and knowing the ci…

]]> By: pegasus http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125167 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:16:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125167 why would anybody in his right mind oppose a free service.
they can opt not to use it whenever they want

]]> By: Marina making pictures http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125166 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:03:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/sf-wifi-community-meeting/#comment-125166 Yes I agree with you on the whole.
I think Earthlink and google cooperate and work together very close, because their founders share the commnm sense of making business.

Thank you for sharing this story with me !

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