The project is being managed by Wireless Philadelphia, a city-sponsored nonprofit group which plans to contract with a private firm to build and maintain the network, and then will rent access to service providers.

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"Wireless Philadelphia represents a compelling opportunity to provide affordable broadband Internet access to the people who visit and live and work in the city of Philadelphia, and we believe EarthLink, as a leading national ISP, is ideally positioned to lead this effort, " said Daniel Greenfield , an EarthLink spokesman.

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It's not gargantuan in terms of dollars, but it is an important symbolic win for either company, since other municipalities considering implementing public wireless will closely watch the Philadelphia rollout--the first of its kind--as a test case.

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And other cities--including Philadelphia and New York--are considering metropolitan wireless mesh networks of their own.

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Philadelphia's plan calls for the creation of a new wireless network that will blanket the entire city, providing high-speed Internet connectivity to residents and visitors.

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He's based in Philadelphia, where he runs all of Bell Atlantic's international wireless ventures, and is on Bell Atlantic's payroll.

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