San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan

It looks like some kind of murder, but a follow-up to the story of Google offering a free or cheap wireless LAN internet connection to the entire city of San Francisco.

Joint Proposal by Google and EarthLink for San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan-ITmedia NEWS

Google has submitted a proposal for a wireless LAN network construction plan that covers the city of San Francisco in collaboration with Internet service provider (ISP) EarthLink. EarthLink announced on February 21st.

This is the press release.

EARHTLINK & GOOGLE SUBMIT JOINT RFP FOR CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK
http://www.earthlink.net/about/press/pr_san_francisco_network/ (Internet Archive)

There seems to be no new announcement, but it is said that Google and EarthLink will cooperate with each other.

How many years will it take for this kind of movement to appear in Japan?