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Budget Committee pauses EarthLink broadband deal over privacy, speed and oversight concerns
Summary
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee continued its review of an EarthLink-managed municipal wireless proposal after supervisors and civil-liberties advocates raised privacy, free-tier speed and contract-term concerns; EarthLink requested time to respond to proposed changes.
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee on Tuesday continued consideration of a proposed citywide wireless network managed by EarthLink after supervisors and civil liberties groups pressed for changes to contract length, privacy protections and free-tier speed.
The committee chair outlined several proposed revisions, including cutting the contract term in half (from 16 years to eight), adding a city purchase option for equipment at fair market value at the end of the term, and raising the guaranteed speed of the free tier from 300 kilobits per second to 500 kilobits per second. The chair also said the…
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