Colorado May Allow Cities To Provide Wifi

miguelitof writes "According to the TheDenverChannel.com, Colorado cities may soon be able to provide wireless internet service to their citizens. The state Senate will vote today (April 5th) on Colorado Senate Bill 152, which would allow cities to provide wireless internet access. The only proviso would be that cities would have to get approval from voters to use tax dollars. The cost to provide internet access to a 16 square mile area is about $600k. A city could charge as little as $16 a month and cover expenses."

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So... cheap phone service too?

[popo]

It should also be noted that free wifi has an immediate upshot of mass conversion to VOIP.

Adding to that: Wifi handhelds are around the corner -- which means that cellphone (and landline) carriers have a lot to worry about.

Re:I live in colorado

[Golias]

i know your being funny but a stadium does do a lot for the local economy.

Actually, third-party analysis has shown, time and again, that this is BS.

The net effect of building a major league statium on a state's economy is zero (minus whatever money you throw into the rat-hole.)

A sports team doesn't bring any money into a state at all. If the team is not there, people just spend their entertainment budget on something else.

You would actually be better off by randomly selecting 200 locally-owned businesses from the phone book, and handing them all the cash you would have used to build a stadium.

If a stadium is such a massive boon to a downtown area, let the businesses in that area pitch in and build one. The truth is, it's only a help if they can get somebody else to pay for it.