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Topic: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks (Read 884 times)

sr. member
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Merit: 250
I'm uneasy about public wi-fi networks, regardless of who owns them.
member
Activity: 125
Merit: 10
If they are talking about allowing large mesh networks, I think that will be great!
legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1000
That's it MJGrae, they're screaming about how everyone will get free wi-fi while quietly mentioning they'll be the ones who own the entire network.
full member
Activity: 134
Merit: 100
Sold.
While massive, free wifi would be awesome, I'd be more worried about the fact that the government would officially control the internet. At least for a large part of the developed world. Big brother, much?
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
...so they can control content directly.
sr. member
Activity: 354
Merit: 250
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Isn't the federal government broke in massive debt?

it's passed broke
legendary
Activity: 3318
Merit: 1958
First Exclusion Ever
"The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/tech-telecom-giants-take-sides-as-fcc-proposes-large-public-wifi-networks/2013/02/03/eb27d3e0-698b-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html?hpid=z1
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