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PUC hears support and privacy concerns over EarthLink pole‑use agreement for municipal Wi‑Fi
Summary
Officials presented a negotiated poll‑use agreement with EarthLink intended to advance municipal Wi‑Fi and close the digital divide; supporters praised the public benefit while privacy advocates and technologists warned about valuation, indoor coverage and municipal alternatives.
The commission discussed a negotiated poll‑use agreement with EarthLink on April 24 that would allow EarthLink to attach communications equipment to city‑owned streetlight poles as a step toward a broader municipal Wi‑Fi network.
Mr. Ginsberg, representing the city, and staff characterized the agreement as the result of exhaustive negotiations and a public‑benefit package that, they said, exceeds comparable…
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