The city of lights in Illinois gets first phase of Wi-Fi network installed: This network deserves a short shout-out because it's the first significant non-Bay Area system that MetroFi has installed; they may also unwire an adjacent Illinois town. This very first phase will comprise just five nodes, and cover only part of downtown, but it will provide access by Sept. 15 for the Literary Festival. MetroFi will eventually install 600 to 900 nodes within about a year.
MetroFi's big win was Portland, Ore., which is underway; they have also picked up a number of new Bay Area towns. They did not win the bid for the Wireless Silicon Valley project, which will include a few cities they now cover.