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Does anyone know if there has been a profitable business model for a similar service anywhere in the U.S.?

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It's disappointing that earthlink bit off more than it can chew. I remember when the idea was announced how exciting and fresh it was. Being an internet geek I had hopes of busting out a laptop anywhere in the city and getting a good signal haha. WiFi is such a common thing in homes these days that I really had high expectations that this wirelessphilly project was going to be successful. If only they could figure out a way to make the recievers more powerful for the home user. After all we have cell towers that transmit to the tiniest of phones. There has to be away to send large data in a similar fashion (at some point)

The ones that are alive actually provide a service within the city that are paid for with long term contracts (things like meter reading). Basically, they need an anchor tenent to make sense. I don't recall offhand any of the cities that worked this way.