Philadelphia's plan -- the most ambitious yet by a major U.S. city -- to offer low-cost wireless Internet as a municipal service is meeting resistance from Verizon Communications, among others. The telecom industry -- already in turmoil as new technologies disrupt traditional revenue models -- calls the public-sector projects unfair competition, and has pressed for legislation in several states that would extract concessions from such ventures or quash municipal wireless initiatives outright.
November 29, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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Philadelphia’s plan to offer inexpensive wireless Internet as a municipal service — the most ambitious yet by a major U.S. city — has collided with commercial interests, including local phone company Verizon Communications.
In fact, a bill on Gov. Ed Rendell’s desk that could humble Philadelphia’s ambitions began 19 months ago as a proposal drafted by lobbyists for telecommunications companies.
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