Wireless Clouds for Good and Ill

dr_delete sent in a story about Athens, Georgia joining the ranks of municipalities creating free public wireless networks. In a counterpoint to that, we have the Pentagon cracking down on wireless devices, trying to control information leakage. And Newsforge has a story about starting your own wireless ISP. Nifty stuff.

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Not the proper role of government

[kmweber]

Everytime a story like this gets posted on /., this gets said. I'll be the first to say it this time:
Providing Internet access does not fall within the proper scope or role of any level of government.