Pasadena, California has chosen EarthLink for a 23 square mile municipal WiFi network, says Converge Digest. The deal follows other California wins in Anaheim, Milpitas and San Francisco.
EarthLink will also offer connection services for small businesses including T-1 replacement, and it will work with the city to develop a discount Internet service program for qualified residents.
Earthlink will use Wi-Fi mesh networking gear from Tropos Networks that will be mounted on light poles throughout the city. It also will use Motorola’s MOTOwi4line of wireless networking products, including its Canopy high-speed backhaul and Wi-Fi mesh equipment. DragonWave, a broadband wireless backhaul vendor, also recently agreed to work with EarthLink for wireless backhaul.
Meanwhile, EarthLink and Time-Warner Cable, last month announced an agreement to provide EarthLink broadband online service on Time Warner Cable systems. It will make available EarthLink broadband online service to the approximately 19 million homes passed by Time Warner Cable’s broadband cable systems.
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