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[–]AmbroseBierce 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Missing from this claim: how would the expenses of operating and maintaining the network be covered...?

My money is on them "being run out of town" because they expected the city to pay for it.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My bet is that the internet providers in that area lobbied to shut it down. However, it seems that Google was involved in this and we all know that anything free from Google is not really free.