Alexandria, Virginia chooses EarthLink for municipal wireless network

Alexandria, Virginia chose EarthLink as the winner of the bid to provide the city with a municipal wireless broadband network that covers 16 square miles (41 square kilometers). The network is open to other service providers on a wholesale basis. EarthLink will deploy Tropos mesh nodes, Motorola's MOTOwi4 portfolio of products, including its Canopy high-speed backhaul and Wi-Fi mesh network equipment.