Wireless Washtenaw is a failed county project to provide wireless Internet access in some form to all residents.
Official web site: http://wireless.ewashtenaw.org/ (now dead)
Current status
Internet service provider 123Net has acquired some of the customers of Wireless Washtenaw.
Media coverage
- News coverage summary at the official site: http://wireless.ewashtenaw.org/in_the_news/ww_news
- Ann Arbor News summary: http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1142264407167140.xml&coll=2&thispage=1
- Wireless Washtenaw Waits, Ann Arbor News 25 July 2007. "No additional installations have been made while 20/20 Communications, the company working with the county, applies for a $14 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and tries to line up other funding."
- WWW: Waiting for Wireless Washtenaw, Arbor Update, July 2007. "So 20/20 Communications has its "pony keg" wireless antennas up around downtown Ann Arbor, Saline, and Manchester, but according to the Ann Arbor News , the rest of the program is on hold. It seems some of the funds they had hoped to get their hands on have dried up."
Participating organizations
The Wireless Washtenaw site has a comprehensive list of government, educational, and private organizations involved in the effort: http://wireless.ewashtenaw.org/partners