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European Union Will Fund Public Wifi (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the connectivity-for-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The European Union is moving towards getting free public wifi into unconnected locations around the bloc. A new agreement will provide 120 million euros to "fund equipment for public free Wi-Fi services in 6,000 to 8,000 municipalities" across the E.U.

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  1. Re:How do you plan to pay for this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the US the 'free market' has created entrenched players who can stifle any advancement to suit their own profits

    the free market is way too oversold, I would love to have some socialism driving the development of new technology