<s>
The	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
project	O
was	O
originally	O
an	O
ambitious	O
plan	O
to	O
provide	O
free	O
wireless	O
broadband	O
access	O
throughout	O
Washtenaw	O
County	O
,	O
Michigan	O
by	O
April	O
2008	O
"	O
without	O
a	O
burden	O
on	O
taxpayers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
123.net	O
has	O
continued	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
network	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
downtown	O
Ann	O
Arbor	O
area	O
has	O
significantly	O
expanded	O
its	O
transmission	O
capabilities	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
4G	O
WiMAX	O
microwave	O
band	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
4G	O
WiMAX	O
service	O
is	O
a	O
business	O
class	O
product	O
offered	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2008	O
through	O
2010	O
it	O
became	O
increasingly	O
clear	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
program	O
were	O
not	O
being	O
achieved	O
by	O
the	O
deadlines	O
as	O
originally	O
stipulated	O
in	O
the	O
20/20	O
Communications	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
acquisition	O
by	O
123.net,	O
unless	O
and	O
until	O
an	O
additional	O
source	O
of	O
significant	O
funding	O
for	O
the	O
program	O
might	O
be	O
found	O
,	O
20/20	O
Communications	O
,	O
under	O
123.net	O
has	O
restated	O
the	O
more	O
realistic	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
plan	O
as	O
merely	O
hoping	O
,	O
"	O
to	O
revisit	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
slowly	O
expanding	O
the	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
network	O
sometime	O
next	O
summer	O
(	O
2011	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Washtenaw	O
County	O
,	O
Michigan	O
,	O
has	O
described	O
the	O
goals	O
of	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
the	O
following	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
20/20	O
Communications	O
completed	O
the	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
Pilot	O
Phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
funding	O
,	O
123.net	O
and	O
20/20	O
remain	O
in	O
the	O
Pre-Deployment	O
phase	O
of	O
setting	O
up	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
reviewing	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
RFI	O
,	O
the	O
county	O
release	O
a	O
Request	O
For	O
Proposal	O
on	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
Advisory	O
Board	O
recommended	O
to	O
the	O
county	O
that	O
20/20	O
Communications	O
be	O
selected	O
as	O
the	O
private	O
sector	O
partner	O
for	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2010	O
,	O
20/20	O
Communications	O
sold	O
its	O
ownership	O
share	O
of	O
Wireless	B-General_Concept
Washtenaw	I-General_Concept
to	O
123.net	O
.	O
</s>
