Philadelphia Considers Free Citywide Wireless Access

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"

Comments

Isn't Communism Fun??

[goldspider]

Why let private companies compete with one another to provide an affordable, quality service when you can just let Big Government hijack the industry and replace it with their own inefficient and inadequate service that everyone is compelled to pay for even if they don't want to use it?

Does it get any better than this? Where do I sign up?

Oh wait, I'm a taxpayer, I'm automatically signed u p. Lucky me.