Free Internet at Your Expense for Low Income Families

[thereisnospoon]

Coming soon for Low Income Folks. . . .Free Internet access and Other Perks

So what do you think? Is it a good use of your hard earned tax dollar to provide free internet access, computer instruction, and low cost computers to folks while you are busting your butt to keep a roof over your head, food on the table, and you pay for your internet access and full price for your computer as well as whatever you need to use it?

Or will the payoff of better skilled and trained people be worth it?

Would you approve of all porn sites, shopping sites, gaming sites, Facebook, Twitter, etc. being blocked by the internet provider to ensure that the computers will be used only for research and educational purposes?

Please discuss.

The Tampa Housing Authority has secured a $2.1 million federal grant to provide broadband Internet access to 23 public housing sites. Details are being finalized with Bright House Networks, which will provide the service, and residents will be connected beginning March 1.

The project will be the first such one in Florida and one of the few in the nation.

Internet access will be available to about 3,400 residents for free for the first two years. After two years, residents will be able to pay for the access for the next three years for $18.35 per month.

In addition to having Internet access, the housing authority also will make available a selection of computer training options, including basic computer and Internet keyboarding, Microsoft A+ Certification and an online computer curriculum for school-age children.

The program also will help residents get computers of their own by offering 1,000 computers for only $125 and will install almost 200 computers in two communities to offer residents a designated work space. The authority also will launch a website for residents to provide information on housing, employment opportunities, and the like.
Coming soon to Tampa public housing: Free Internet access

How about affordable internet? My brother bought my dad a iPad. I was going to pay for a year internet. I thought it’d be $30 a month more added to his dish bill. It was $65 a month.

Where is all that money going? If we all pay $65 a month to have internet how rich are these companies?

We need to have $30 a montth internet option.

Oy vey!
Do you have any clue the length of time is needed for the construction of the network, materials, labor, etc to realize a positive return on investment?
Do you have any idea how the game is played with regard to every municipality with politicians looking to have their palms greased ..Just to get the plant ( wires, etc) run through town?
The federal and state governments load up all kinds of mandates , that by the way are unfunded, which also drive up the cost to the consumer. For example. if a cable co or telco wants to introduce service into a community, they must provide every home with the same access. That is whether or not the area served will buy the service or not.
In other words, ISPs must run their wires past tons of homes that will, NEVER yield a single customer.
A few years ago the Obama DOJ went to AT&T and Verizon and demanded to know why each company, Verizon especially. had stopped investing in their high speed Internet Services( Fios and U-Verse). The companies each explained they had to recoup the money they had spent thus far. Absent of any federal regulation mandating where the companies had to invest, there was little the Obama administration could do to either company. BTW, these services do not fall under the same rules as telephone( DSL) or cable television/internet service, There is no rule mandating "pass every home".In any event, the investment is in the billions for each company respectively.
It would interest you to know that even the largest ISP's have invested the equivalent of 10 to 15% of their market Cap in high speed internet.
That's A LOT of money they must recover.

$30 internet?.....Tell ya what. Go dial up. It's free.

 

[thereisnospoon]

So the crackheads near Ybor City can now send emails about their crack deals thanks to the Federal Govt.....and they can also plan out their drive-by shootings too.

They use their free Obama phones

 

[Foxfyre]

Coming soon for Low Income Folks. . . .Free Internet access and Other Perks

So what do you think? Is it a good use of your hard earned tax dollar to provide free internet access, computer instruction, and low cost computers to folks while you are busting your butt to keep a roof over your head, food on the table, and you pay for your internet access and full price for your computer as well as whatever you need to use it?

Or will the payoff of better skilled and trained people be worth it?

Would you approve of all porn sites, shopping sites, gaming sites, Facebook, Twitter, etc. being blocked by the internet provider to ensure that the computers will be used only for research and educational purposes?

Please discuss.

The Tampa Housing Authority has secured a $2.1 million federal grant to provide broadband Internet access to 23 public housing sites. Details are being finalized with Bright House Networks, which will provide the service, and residents will be connected beginning March 1.

The project will be the first such one in Florida and one of the few in the nation.

Internet access will be available to about 3,400 residents for free for the first two years. After two years, residents will be able to pay for the access for the next three years for $18.35 per month.

In addition to having Internet access, the housing authority also will make available a selection of computer training options, including basic computer and Internet keyboarding, Microsoft A+ Certification and an online computer curriculum for school-age children.

The program also will help residents get computers of their own by offering 1,000 computers for only $125 and will install almost 200 computers in two communities to offer residents a designated work space. The authority also will launch a website for residents to provide information on housing, employment opportunities, and the like.
Coming soon to Tampa public housing: Free Internet access

How about affordable internet? My brother bought my dad a iPad. I was going to pay for a year internet. I thought it’d be $30 a month more added to his dish bill. It was $65 a month.

Where is all that money going? If we all pay $65 a month to have internet how rich are these companies?

We need to have $30 a montth internet option.

If you think you can make a profit by providing competent high speed internet for $30, go for it. But be sure to let me know because I'll be your first customer.

What are the costs? I bet these monopolies make a fortune.

That's not in my wheelhouse of experience. But if they're making a fortune, all the more incentive to figure out how to make one yourself by offering a service at a
price a lot lower than theirs.

 

[Foxfyre]

Coming soon for Low Income Folks. . . .Free Internet access and Other Perks

So what do you think? Is it a good use of your hard earned tax dollar to provide free internet access, computer instruction, and low cost computers to folks while you are busting your butt to keep a roof over your head, food on the table, and you pay for your internet access and full price for your computer as well as whatever you need to use it?

Or will the payoff of better skilled and trained people be worth it?

Would you approve of all porn sites, shopping sites, gaming sites, Facebook, Twitter, etc. being blocked by the internet provider to ensure that the computers will be used only for research and educational purposes?

Please discuss.

The Tampa Housing Authority has secured a $2.1 million federal grant to provide broadband Internet access to 23 public housing sites. Details are being finalized with Bright House Networks, which will provide the service, and residents will be connected beginning March 1.

The project will be the first such one in Florida and one of the few in the nation.

Internet access will be available to about 3,400 residents for free for the first two years. After two years, residents will be able to pay for the access for the next three years for $18.35 per month.

In addition to having Internet access, the housing authority also will make available a selection of computer training options, including basic computer and Internet keyboarding, Microsoft A+ Certification and an online computer curriculum for school-age children.

The program also will help residents get computers of their own by offering 1,000 computers for only $125 and will install almost 200 computers in two communities to offer residents a designated work space. The authority also will launch a website for residents to provide information on housing, employment opportunities, and the like.
Coming soon to Tampa public housing: Free Internet access

How about affordable internet? My brother bought my dad a iPad. I was going to pay for a year internet. I thought it’d be $30 a month more added to his dish bill. It was $65 a month.

Where is all that money going? If we all pay $65 a month to have internet how rich are these companies?

We need to have $30 a montth internet option.

Oy vey!
Do you have any clue the length of time is needed for the construction of the network, materials, labor, etc to realize a positive return on investment?
Do you have any idea how the game is played with regard to every municipality with politicians looking to have their palms greased ..Just to get the plant ( wires, etc) run through town?
The federal and state governments load up all kinds of mandates , that by the way are unfunded, which also drive up the cost to the consumer. For example. if a cable co or telco wants to introduce service into a community, they must provide every home with the same access. That is whether or not the area served will buy the service or not.
In other words, ISPs must run their wires past tons of homes that will, NEVER yield a single customer.
A few years ago the Obama DOJ went to AT&T and Verizon and demanded to know why each company, Verizon especially. had stopped investing in their high speed Internet Services( Fios and U-Verse). The companies each explained they had to recoup the money they had spent thus far. Absent of any federal regulation mandating where the companies had to invest, there was little the Obama administration could do to either company. BTW, these services do not fall under the same rules as telephone( DSL) or cable television/internet service, There is no rule mandating "pass every home".In any event, the investment is in the billions for each company respectively.
It would interest you to know that even the largest ISP's have invested the equivalent of 10 to 15% of their market Cap in high speed internet.
That's A LOT of money they must recover.

$30 internet?.....Tell ya what. Go dial up. It's free.

Nevertheless, most successful entreprenour's figure out what produce or service enough people want and/or need and provide it at a price attractive to them. Am I going to pay $50 if I can get something comparable for $30? Nope. Most people won't.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Free internet is available at your public library.

And at most Krogers and Safeway grocery stores.

And it is available for a $1 at McDonalds.

This is unnecessary.

They charge a $1 at your McDonald's?

 

[Lewdog]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

 

[thereisnospoon]

Coming soon for Low Income Folks. . . .Free Internet access and Other Perks

So what do you think? Is it a good use of your hard earned tax dollar to provide free internet access, computer instruction, and low cost computers to folks while you are busting your butt to keep a roof over your head, food on the table, and you pay for your internet access and full price for your computer as well as whatever you need to use it?

Or will the payoff of better skilled and trained people be worth it?

Would you approve of all porn sites, shopping sites, gaming sites, Facebook, Twitter, etc. being blocked by the internet provider to ensure that the computers will be used only for research and educational purposes?

Please discuss.

The Tampa Housing Authority has secured a $2.1 million federal grant to provide broadband Internet access to 23 public housing sites. Details are being finalized with Bright House Networks, which will provide the service, and residents will be connected beginning March 1.

The project will be the first such one in Florida and one of the few in the nation.

Internet access will be available to about 3,400 residents for free for the first two years. After two years, residents will be able to pay for the access for the next three years for $18.35 per month.

In addition to having Internet access, the housing authority also will make available a selection of computer training options, including basic computer and Internet keyboarding, Microsoft A+ Certification and an online computer curriculum for school-age children.

The program also will help residents get computers of their own by offering 1,000 computers for only $125 and will install almost 200 computers in two communities to offer residents a designated work space. The authority also will launch a website for residents to provide information on housing, employment opportunities, and the like.
Coming soon to Tampa public housing: Free Internet access

How about affordable internet? My brother bought my dad a iPad. I was going to pay for a year internet. I thought it’d be $30 a month more added to his dish bill. It was $65 a month.

Where is all that money going? If we all pay $65 a month to have internet how rich are these companies?

We need to have $30 a montth internet option.

Oy vey!
Do you have any clue the length of time is needed for the construction of the network, materials, labor, etc to realize a positive return on investment?
Do you have any idea how the game is played with regard to every municipality with politicians looking to have their palms greased ..Just to get the plant ( wires, etc) run through town?
The federal and state governments load up all kinds of mandates , that by the way are unfunded, which also drive up the cost to the consumer. For example. if a cable co or telco wants to introduce service into a community, they must provide every home with the same access. That is whether or not the area served will buy the service or not.
In other words, ISPs must run their wires past tons of homes that will, NEVER yield a single customer.
A few years ago the Obama DOJ went to AT&T and Verizon and demanded to know why each company, Verizon especially. had stopped investing in their high speed Internet Services( Fios and U-Verse). The companies each explained they had to recoup the money they had spent thus far. Absent of any federal regulation mandating where the companies had to invest, there was little the Obama administration could do to either company. BTW, these services do not fall under the same rules as telephone( DSL) or cable television/internet service, There is no rule mandating "pass every home".In any event, the investment is in the billions for each company respectively.
It would interest you to know that even the largest ISP's have invested the equivalent of 10 to 15% of their market Cap in high speed internet.
That's A LOT of money they must recover.

$30 internet?.....Tell ya what. Go dial up. It's free.

Nevertheless, most successful entreprenour's figure out what produce or service enough people want and/or need and provide it at a price attractive to them. Am I going to pay $50 if I can get something comparable for $30? Nope. Most people won't.

Agreed.
I've seen $30 internet as a promotion in a few markets. But it's slow as molasses in a Vermont winter. Like less than 1 mbps down and 0.5 uplink. You cannot watch video on this...From googlesearch.com,
Speed is typically measured in megabits-per-second (Mbps) and, typically, the faster your high-speed Internet connection is, the more you'll pay. In the U.S., the average monthly cost of 4 to 6 Mbps is $34.99, 30 Mbps averages $54.97/month, and 100 to 150 Mbps runs $69.99/month.May 19, 2015

 

[thereisnospoon]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

No way.
First, the technology is not available in a form that is affordable. Second,. it would not be fiscally feasible to cover rural and exurban areas.
Third, the micro cells required to create a seamless WIFI ring would be extremely expensive.
Lastly,. because there is no such thing as The US Federal Internet Service Provider, the system would have to be contracrted out to the private sector.
This puts us in the same position as we are now. The private companies ( AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc) would bid the contract at a price where they would be guaranteed to turn a profit.
Based on that guarantee, we the taxpayers would see a new tax to pay for it.
No thanks. Internet access is not a right. If one wants internet at their house in the middle of nowhere, they can pay for it.

 

[Lewdog]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

No way.
First, the technology is not available in a form that is affordable. Second,. it would not be fiscally feasible to cover rural and exurban areas.
Third, the micro cells required to create a seamless WIFI ring would be extremely expensive.
Lastly,. because there is no such thing as The US Federal Internet Service Provider, the system would have to be contracrted out to the private sector.
This puts us in the same position as we are now. The private companies ( AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc) would bid the contract at a price where they would be guaranteed to turn a profit.
Based on that guarantee, we the taxpayers would see a new tax to pay for it.
No thanks. Internet access is not a right. If one wants internet at their house in the middle of nowhere, they can pay for it.

Not feasible? The cell towers are already there in most places.

 

[thereisnospoon]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

No way.
First, the technology is not available in a form that is affordable. Second,. it would not be fiscally feasible to cover rural and exurban areas.
Third, the micro cells required to create a seamless WIFI ring would be extremely expensive.
Lastly,. because there is no such thing as The US Federal Internet Service Provider, the system would have to be contracrted out to the private sector.
This puts us in the same position as we are now. The private companies ( AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc) would bid the contract at a price where they would be guaranteed to turn a profit.
Based on that guarantee, we the taxpayers would see a new tax to pay for it.
No thanks. Internet access is not a right. If one wants internet at their house in the middle of nowhere, they can pay for it.

Not feasible? The cell towers are already there in most places.

Verizon coverage - OpenSignal
This is an illustration of approximate cell coverage., Zoom in and look at the gaps.
WIFI is different. Much stronger signal over much smaller radii is required to carry 5G, the format for high speed wireless data.
5G is a shorter wavelength. As such more wattage is required to get the signal half the distance. In urban and mountainous areas where line of sight which is required for reception, transmission micro cells must be more densely placed.
The bottom line is while the technology exists to receive and send large packets of data, that tech is very expensive.

 

[Lewdog]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

No way.
First, the technology is not available in a form that is affordable. Second,. it would not be fiscally feasible to cover rural and exurban areas.
Third, the micro cells required to create a seamless WIFI ring would be extremely expensive.
Lastly,. because there is no such thing as The US Federal Internet Service Provider, the system would have to be contracrted out to the private sector.
This puts us in the same position as we are now. The private companies ( AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc) would bid the contract at a price where they would be guaranteed to turn a profit.
Based on that guarantee, we the taxpayers would see a new tax to pay for it.
No thanks. Internet access is not a right. If one wants internet at their house in the middle of nowhere, they can pay for it.

Not feasible? The cell towers are already there in most places.

Verizon coverage - OpenSignal
This is an illustration of approximate cell coverage., Zoom in and look at the gaps.
WIFI is different. Much stronger signal over much smaller radii is required to carry 5G, the format for high speed wireless data.
5G is a shorter wavelength. As such more wattage is required to get the signal half the distance. In urban and mountainous areas where line of sight which is required for reception, transmission micro cells must be more densely placed.
The bottom line is while the technology exists to receive and send large packets of data, that tech is very expensive.

Not sure what you are trying to prove. My point is they aren't starting from scratch. Not to mention companies like Google are also already providing free WiFi to lots of places.

 

[thereisnospoon]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

No way.
First, the technology is not available in a form that is affordable. Second,. it would not be fiscally feasible to cover rural and exurban areas.
Third, the micro cells required to create a seamless WIFI ring would be extremely expensive.
Lastly,. because there is no such thing as The US Federal Internet Service Provider, the system would have to be contracrted out to the private sector.
This puts us in the same position as we are now. The private companies ( AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc) would bid the contract at a price where they would be guaranteed to turn a profit.
Based on that guarantee, we the taxpayers would see a new tax to pay for it.
No thanks. Internet access is not a right. If one wants internet at their house in the middle of nowhere, they can pay for it.

Not feasible? The cell towers are already there in most places.

Verizon coverage - OpenSignal
This is an illustration of approximate cell coverage., Zoom in and look at the gaps.
WIFI is different. Much stronger signal over much smaller radii is required to carry 5G, the format for high speed wireless data.
5G is a shorter wavelength. As such more wattage is required to get the signal half the distance. In urban and mountainous areas where line of sight which is required for reception, transmission micro cells must be more densely placed.
The bottom line is while the technology exists to receive and send large packets of data, that tech is very expensive.

Not sure what you are trying to prove. My point is they aren't starting from scratch. Not to mention companies like Google are also already providing free WiFi to lots of places.

This is what YOU posted...
"I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway..."
I am responding to that quote.
The project may as well be starting from scratch. WIFI microcells, such as the ones found in New York city so that cell phones do not drop signal inside the subways and auto tunnels are very limited..
PLease provide a link to the free google WIFI.. Remember, such WIFI must be made available on a mass scale.

 

[ScienceRocks]

It is the right thing to do.

End of story

 

[Lewdog]

I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway...

What Would Happen If America Got Free, 'Nationwide' WiFi? Google Wins, Carriers Lose

No way.
First, the technology is not available in a form that is affordable. Second,. it would not be fiscally feasible to cover rural and exurban areas.
Third, the micro cells required to create a seamless WIFI ring would be extremely expensive.
Lastly,. because there is no such thing as The US Federal Internet Service Provider, the system would have to be contracrted out to the private sector.
This puts us in the same position as we are now. The private companies ( AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc) would bid the contract at a price where they would be guaranteed to turn a profit.
Based on that guarantee, we the taxpayers would see a new tax to pay for it.
No thanks. Internet access is not a right. If one wants internet at their house in the middle of nowhere, they can pay for it.

Not feasible? The cell towers are already there in most places.

Verizon coverage - OpenSignal
This is an illustration of approximate cell coverage., Zoom in and look at the gaps.
WIFI is different. Much stronger signal over much smaller radii is required to carry 5G, the format for high speed wireless data.
5G is a shorter wavelength. As such more wattage is required to get the signal half the distance. In urban and mountainous areas where line of sight which is required for reception, transmission micro cells must be more densely placed.
The bottom line is while the technology exists to receive and send large packets of data, that tech is very expensive.

Not sure what you are trying to prove. My point is they aren't starting from scratch. Not to mention companies like Google are also already providing free WiFi to lots of places.

This is what YOU posted...
"I thought the government was actually talking about putting free WiFi across the country anyway..."
I am responding to that quote.
The project may as well be starting from scratch. WIFI microcells, such as the ones found in New York city so that cell phones do not drop signal inside the subways and auto tunnels are very limited..
PLease provide a link to the free google WIFI.. Remember, such WIFI must be made available on a mass scale.

They were talking about doing it...

Google will launch 180 satellites to provide internet access for the planet, sources claim | Daily Mail Online

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2014/04/28/google-now-testing-free-wi-fi-in-kc.html

Google provides Puerto Rico LTE balloons to restore internet service

 

[thereisnospoon]

It is the right thing to do.

End of story

What is?....Free WIFI?
Says who?
Are YOU going to pay more and higher taxes to fund it?
Be my guest. There is NO SUCH THING as FREE....somebody has got to pay. If I have a vote, Ain't gonna be me.
Appears to me you're another one of these people who believes access to the internet is a constitutional right.
Check this out....It is NOT.

 

[sealybobo]

Coming soon for Low Income Folks. . . .Free Internet access and Other Perks

So what do you think? Is it a good use of your hard earned tax dollar to provide free internet access, computer instruction, and low cost computers to folks while you are busting your butt to keep a roof over your head, food on the table, and you pay for your internet access and full price for your computer as well as whatever you need to use it?

Or will the payoff of better skilled and trained people be worth it?

Would you approve of all porn sites, shopping sites, gaming sites, Facebook, Twitter, etc. being blocked by the internet provider to ensure that the computers will be used only for research and educational purposes?

Please discuss.

The Tampa Housing Authority has secured a $2.1 million federal grant to provide broadband Internet access to 23 public housing sites. Details are being finalized with Bright House Networks, which will provide the service, and residents will be connected beginning March 1.

The project will be the first such one in Florida and one of the few in the nation.

Internet access will be available to about 3,400 residents for free for the first two years. After two years, residents will be able to pay for the access for the next three years for $18.35 per month.

In addition to having Internet access, the housing authority also will make available a selection of computer training options, including basic computer and Internet keyboarding, Microsoft A+ Certification and an online computer curriculum for school-age children.

The program also will help residents get computers of their own by offering 1,000 computers for only $125 and will install almost 200 computers in two communities to offer residents a designated work space. The authority also will launch a website for residents to provide information on housing, employment opportunities, and the like.
Coming soon to Tampa public housing: Free Internet access

How about affordable internet? My brother bought my dad a iPad. I was going to pay for a year internet. I thought it’d be $30 a month more added to his dish bill. It was $65 a month.

Where is all that money going? If we all pay $65 a month to have internet how rich are these companies?

We need to have $30 a montth internet option.

Oy vey!
Do you have any clue the length of time is needed for the construction of the network, materials, labor, etc to realize a positive return on investment?
Do you have any idea how the game is played with regard to every municipality with politicians looking to have their palms greased ..Just to get the plant ( wires, etc) run through town?
The federal and state governments load up all kinds of mandates , that by the way are unfunded, which also drive up the cost to the consumer. For example. if a cable co or telco wants to introduce service into a community, they must provide every home with the same access. That is whether or not the area served will buy the service or not.
In other words, ISPs must run their wires past tons of homes that will, NEVER yield a single customer.
A few years ago the Obama DOJ went to AT&T and Verizon and demanded to know why each company, Verizon especially. had stopped investing in their high speed Internet Services( Fios and U-Verse). The companies each explained they had to recoup the money they had spent thus far. Absent of any federal regulation mandating where the companies had to invest, there was little the Obama administration could do to either company. BTW, these services do not fall under the same rules as telephone( DSL) or cable television/internet service, There is no rule mandating "pass every home".In any event, the investment is in the billions for each company respectively.
It would interest you to know that even the largest ISP's have invested the equivalent of 10 to 15% of their market Cap in high speed internet.
That's A LOT of money they must recover.

$30 internet?.....Tell ya what. Go dial up. It's free.

Can we do dial up? Seriously who cares if it’s slow. Your help is appreciated

 

[HenryBHough]

I favor free internet access for everyone but only at sufficient speed to read books or news. No movies, no youtube, no videos.

Fund by closing existing libraries, now obsolete and but a haven for street bums.

 

[Lewdog]

I favor free internet access for everyone but only at sufficient speed to read books or news. No movies, no youtube, no videos.

Fund by closing existing libraries, now obsolete and but a haven for street bums.

Except a lot of times teachers will assign videos to watch... and sometimes even classes are taught online.

 

[Foxfyre]

It is the right thing to do.

End of story

What is?....Free WIFI?
Says who?
Are YOU going to pay more and higher taxes to fund it?
Be my guest. There is NO SUCH THING as FREE....somebody has got to pay. If I have a vote, Ain't gonna be me.
Appears to me you're another one of these people who believes access to the internet is a constitutional right.
Check this out....It is NOT.

I suppose once everything is done wirelessly, free wifi for all, paid for by our taxes, is a possibility on down the road. That would be great some will say. I say that I can't see an upside to the government having total control over what we will and will not be allowed to see or do. I much prefer the government enforcing anti trust and RICO laws but otherwise allowing the free market to prevail.

And it is for sure, given the history of free people, that when some service or product becomes oppressively expensive, that only opens the door for the better, more affordable mousetraps. Comcast can't charge as much as it would probably like to, even though it is the most popular internet, cable, telephone provider in our area, because there is DISH TV, Direct TV, et al also ready to provide service at such time as Comcast prices itself out of most household budgets.

 

[NYcarbineer]

It is the right thing to do.

End of story

What is?....Free WIFI?
Says who?
Are YOU going to pay more and higher taxes to fund it?
Be my guest. There is NO SUCH THING as FREE....somebody has got to pay. If I have a vote, Ain't gonna be me.
Appears to me you're another one of these people who believes access to the internet is a constitutional right.
Check this out....It is NOT.

I suppose once everything is done wirelessly, free wifi for all, paid for by our taxes, is a possibility on down the road. That would be great some will say. I say that I can't see an upside to the government having total control over what we will and will not be allowed to see or do. I much prefer the government enforcing anti trust and RICO laws but otherwise allowing the free market to prevail.

And it is for sure, given the history of free people, that when some service or product becomes oppressively expensive, that only opens the door for the better, more affordable mousetraps. Comcast can't charge as much as it would probably like to, even though it is the most popular internet, cable, telephone provider in our area, because there is DISH TV, Direct TV, et al also ready to provide service at such time as Comcast prices itself out of most household budgets.

So how much over the last 7 years did this free internet for the poor cost you personally?