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LAFCO hears DTIS update on EarthLink Wi‑Fi talks; proof‑of‑concept, right‑of‑way and municipal options remain unresolved
Summary
DTIS told the commission EarthLink negotiations are underway but many contract details remain open; the city plans a proof‑of‑concept (6 months) before any citywide deployment (up to 18 months), and commissioners asked staff for a comparative matrix showing how Riverside, Minneapolis and other cities structured deals.
Ross Mercarimi, chair of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), invited Brian Roberts of the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services to update the commission on negotiations with EarthLink for a proposed citywide Wi‑Fi network.
Roberts described the planned hardware and right‑of‑way footprint: pole‑mounted access radios and larger gateway nodes, with roughly 1,500 total nodes statewide in the proposal — about 1,000 access nodes and 500 gateway nodes, and roughly 10–15 backhaul/base‑station sites sited on rooftops or towers off the public right‑of‑way. He said decorative street poles would be avoided and that gateway nodes include backhaul radios that connect to towers not in the right‑of‑way.
On contracting, Roberts said most…
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