Philly Wireless - Third Times the Charm

[Commentary] Last week Philadelphia announced it hopes to buy the wireless network from a group of local investors who bought it from EarthLink about a year ago. Urban areas are likely to continue to be left out of the lion's share of the broadband stimulus money. And unless someone really fights hard for them, there's a chance they may not benefit much from the FCC's efforts to reform the Universal Service Fund either. Therefore, this proposed exercise may be doubly valuable as a means of tackling the digital divide in urban America.