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Wireless Access in Philadelphia
The NYTimes has a good article on plans for broadband wireless access in Philadelphia. I wrote a letter a while back to the Governor of Pennsylvania urging him to veto a bill the PA legislature had passed banning the local governments from providing internet access. Obviously bill was written by lobbyists working for the telecommunications industy.
I'm all in favor of interent access becoming a commodity, available to everyone at low cost. It's interesting that the companies involved aren't interested in providing ubiquitous wireless access themselves, they just don't want the city doing it.
**Update**: looks like Indiana is doing the right thing too.