Combined the telcos and the cable companies annual revenues are running about $350 billion/yr
right now(from Morningstar industry analysis). The $1.2 billion
projected revenue from WiFi isn't something that has drawn those 2 industries to WiFi networks. Getting into city-wide WiFi is more about making sure competitors like Earthlink and Google and others don't get a big foothold with end users and then leverage that foothold into wired access competition. And if they make a little money along the way - that is all gravy.
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