This week, following a campaign led by the Media Mobilizing Project, a private investment group and Philadelphia's mayor announced (AP story) a plan to save the Philadelphia muni wi-fi project that was abandoned last week by its contractor, Earthlink. This is an important victory. Many observers believe that muni wireless can offer significant community and economic benefits and that the problem here was Earthlink's business model, piled on top of the baggage that the project had had from the start. The pioneering Philly wi-fi project has been under scurrilous attack by telco monopolist Verizon since it was an idea. Verizon sent a cadre of well-paid lobbyists to the state capital in Harrisburg to scuttle the plan, and pass legislation to make it difficult for other Pennsylvania cities to duplicate it, from when it was first announced in 2004. Verizon and its ilk have passed similar laws in other states. Nevertheless, thanks to the work of activists led by MMP, Philly wi-fi has another chance to help link communities together, and to the rest of the world.