A Silicon Valley startup is promising to blanket San Francisco with
free wireless Internet service, reviving a crusade that crumbled last
year after two much larger companies, EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc.,
scrapped their plans to build a high-speed network for Web surfing.
Meraki Networks Inc., whose financial backers include Google, hopes
to complete the ambitious project within the next year by persuading
thousands of San Francisco residents to set up free radio repeaters
on their rooftops and in their homes. The 21-month-old company is to
announce its plans Friday.
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