The problems facing the Muni wireless business, highlighted by EarthLink’s decision to throw in the towel, are spreading. Tyler van Houwelingen, founder and CEO of Azulstar, recently said: “Everybody in this business is going through the same thing.” Azulstar was going to build the much-hyped Silicon Valley Metro Connect Wi-Fi network, but is now backing out because it hasn’t been able to raise funds to fuel its growth. Glenn Fleishman is predicting SVMC is going to be a big disappointment.



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[...] this WiMAX upgrade. The company explains that since it couldn’t get spectrum in Sacramento, Silicon Valley and Winston Salem, it decided to bow out or take a reduced role in those projects. Tyler van [...]
[...] for this WiMAX upgrade. The company explains that since it couldn’t get spectrum in Sacramento or Silicon Valley in California, nor in Winston-Salem, N.C., it decided to bow out or take a reduced role in those [...]
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