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3.05.2005
Read my lips: No free WiFi - Engadget - www.engadget.com Story: Guy in Texas decides that providing free WiFi to low income residents might be a good way to empower them. You know, give them access to the same level of information as say, rich people? This could include access to government websites, job searches, health information, porn, and shopping. Sounds good right. I mean, if someone wants to give away something for free that all good right? Espcially if it means that people might have a way to make their lives better for it? Right? Wrong. Texas legilsator (sic) Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford) wants to stop him, and prevent cities from providing any free public wireless whatsoever. The argument is that providing WiFi for free undercuts fair competition with private enterprise. You might remember that I said this: "Any earnest and effective attempt to address an real problems will be met with resistence by the people wishing to make money providing the services that the government (or church) would offer for free". I thought this might serve as a good example of my point. Yeah well, but that's boring. Look at this. I am. |
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