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Philadelphia Considers Free Citywide Wireless Access

Posted by timothy on from the that's-what-I-call-brotherly dept.

The Associated Press is running an story about Philadelphia's city goverment seriously considering creating the world's largest hotspot. "For about $10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot....the city would likely offer the service either for free, or at costs far lower than the $35 to $60 a month charged by commercial providers"

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  1. if its free..... by Thrymm · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Who will pay for all the bandwiths of the pr0n downloaders?

    1. Re:if its free..... by ryanjensen · · Score: 1, Redundant

      "Free" = taxpayer-funded. Nothing the government provides without direct cost is actually free. So, to answer your question: you and every other taxpayer pays for pr0n downloaders' bandwidth.

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  2. Taxes being raised? by smooth+wombat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Considering the budgetary problems that Philadelphia has and its continued reliance on the rest of the Commonwealth to bail it out, one has to wonder why, if it has the ~$10 million to spare to pull this off, why it doesn't use that money to fix its streets, hire more cops, lower taxes, etc.

    Or does this mean that once again all the rest of us PAers get to foot the bill?

    No, I didn't RTFA. If it's a story about PA, it can't be good.

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