Talk revives of free wireless Web in SF
Published: Fri, Jan. 04, 2008 12:00AM
Modified Fri, Jan. 04, 2008 06:20AM
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closeSAN FRANCISCO -- 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 and Google, scrapped their plans to build a high-speed network for Web surfing.
Meraki Networks, a 21-month-old company 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.
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