When Pigs Wifi

ratell writes "The New York Times has an editorial entitled When Pigs Wi-fi. It describes a 600 square mile free wi-fi network in Hermiston Oregon, and it argues that wi-fi should be a utility." From the article: "Mr. Puzey, who says wireless broadband is central to the port's operations, argues persuasively that broadband is just the next step in expanding the national infrastructure, comparable to the transcontinental railroad, the national highway system and rural electrification. Indeed, we need to envision broadband Internet access as just another utility, like electricity or water. Often the best way to provide that will be to blanket a region with Wi-Fi coverage to create wireless computer networks, rather than running D.S.L., cable or fiber-optic lines to every home."

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Re:Why just Wifi?

[Anonymous Coward]

f we really want most people to use the Internet

But who wants that? It's already becomes a playgound for the legions of shithead twits who can mange to scrape together the three brains cells required to get online. Do we really want the rest of the idiots clogging up the arteries of the Internet like the useless waste that they are? 99% of humanity is useless shit that needs to shut the fuck up and clean the fucking toilets. Who needs to interact with that?