The City of Philadelphia is reporting that its contract with EarthLink to create a huge Wi-Fi hotspot calls for the telecommunications company to own the 135-square-mile network, with EarthLink to pay the city for rights to locate transmitters on city light posts.

Details of the 10-year contract were reported Monday by city officials. EarthLink will build and maintain the network, but the city’s Wireless Philadelphia unit will have some say in its operation.

Via: Information Week