A little wi-fi magic

Last weekend Earthlink installed a wi-fi antenna just outside our house - as part of the selection process for city-wide wi-fi in Minneapolis.  The connection doesn't seem to be working just yet, but I think they are still in the process of setting up the network.  We in the trial area - but apparently Earthlink is only planning a 1MB connection - versus up to 3MB by the other guys, who also happen to mention supporting Wi-Max.  Though I suppose it doesn't really matter who wins, just as long as its up and running before Comcast takes over our cable internet connection and dramatically increases the price.  Its frickin' outrageous of them charging $10-15 more than Time Warner.  Outrageous - enough that I'd take the lower connection speed not to deal with them.