| Will Free City Wide Internet Access Catch on? I keep reading more and more about cities offering or considering to offer free city wide internet access and this could be the wave of the future. If the companies don't want to do it and it's only projected to costs a city like Philadelphia $10M to implement and 1.5M/year to maintain then why not, the costs seem trivial compared to the economical and societal benefits. This could massively hurt internet/phone/cell companies if everyone starting switching to using free internet access and to mobile wifi/ip phones using the free services available so there will certainly be a huge corporate resistance, however I strongly believe this is the way of the future.
Here's a Google News search on what Philadelphia is considering:
»news.google.ca/news?hl=en&ned=ca···rch+News
Here's a Google News search on city wide wifi in general which shows many cities are implementing it or considering it:
»news.google.ca/news?hl=en&ned=ca···rch+News |
