Google and Earthlink have been selected by San Francisco for the city’s WiFi service, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

In choosing to negotiate with the Google-EarthLink team, the city is going with two Internet giants with marque names. Both firms have deep pockets and proven track records online, but only limited experience building a large wireless network. The project, championed by Mayor Gavin Newsom, is intended to boost the city’s technology credentials and help bridge the digital divide between the Internet haves and have-nots. It has also generated intense interest from other cities looking to build similar networks.

We previously covered Google and Earthlink’s Proposal, in which Google offers a slower free service and Earthlink offers a faster paid one.

Update: Google has blogged this in Chris’s post, “Out of the Wi-Fi wilderness”.