Wi-Fi网络运营商MetroFi据说已经开始寻找适合九个无线城市买方或者，做不到这一点，拉他们的插头。
MetroFi’s decision to abandon the market is being reported on the Web, by Glenn Fleishman’s Wi-Fi Net News http://wifinetnews.com/archives/008322.html and MuniWireless http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/05/16/metrofi-sellubg-muni-wifi-networks-in-portland-and-other-cities/, two Web sites that cover this market. Fleishman cited an email although there’s no formal announcement on the company’s Website. The company did not respond to an email request for confirmation sent to a general information email address.
弗莱什曼被援引他从MetroFi公司首席执行官兼总裁Chuck哈斯收到关于该公司的计划的电子邮件。电子邮件也是那MetroFi提供了波特兰网络到城市不到90万$的消息来源。
有一个在公司的网站www.metrofi.com没有正式公布。该公司没有提供确认的电子邮件作出回应。
MetroFi raised about $15 million in funding from August Capital, Seven Rosen Funds, and Western Technology, and deployed several Wi-Fi mesh network in California’s Bay Area, including Cupertino, San Jose, and Sunnyvale, as well as Aurora, Illinois and Portland, Oregon. Deployment halted in Portland last year, when MetroFi sought but failed to get additional revenue commitments from the City.
The news comes hard on the heels of Earthlink’s announcement that it will close down the Philadelphia Wi-Fi network June 12, after talks with Wireless Philadelphia, the non-profit that oversees it, broke down without finding a way to transfer ownership of the network. Wireless Philadelphia CEO Greg Goldman told reporters http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/18965454.html he’s still working on finding new owners. “We’re still working to identify a partner or partners who will be willing to step in behind Earthlink,” he said. “I don’t think all those options have been exhausted.”
地铁费城上周报道http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/Free_WiFi_Not_quite/12469.html的网络，这是应该花费城市没什么，实际上已经被支持，在纳税人资金2.6亿$: $1.26 million in consulting fees, and a $1.4 million loan from the city to help Wireless Philadelphia get started, a loan forgiven last year by then-mayor John Street at the non-profit’s request, according to the report.
市政无线市场正在缩减，缩减的方式有两种://m.banksfrench.com/research/2008/042108-市政wifi。一种是更专业、更集中的项目，比如视频监控和公共安全无线网络现在受到青睐，或者城市作为过剩光纤容量的供应商，为互联网接入无线边缘网络提供资金。第二项是对基于社区的草根网络的重新评估，这些网络正在利用无线网络作为一种共享有线宽带连接的方式。
尽管高调挫折，约翰S.和詹姆斯·奈特基金会已承诺2500万$五年//m.banksfrench.com/news/2008/041108-universal-access.html，部分基金的市政无线项目，部分充当信息和最佳做法的交流中心，与其他联网非营利，OneCommunity工作。