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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. How do you plan to pay for this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh, that's right, you're going to raise taxes and force people to pay for this whether they want it or not. The free market could decide this for itself, or local governments could provide incentives for businesses to increase connectivity with voters approving tax credits. Instead, the leftist leadership of this is going to force it on everyone in the EU and raise the already ridiculously high taxes even more to pay for it. This is why the free market should be allowed to operate with minimal government intervention and control.

    - snruter rotsac