yet there's ALLWAYS something better just around the corner. Then it comes out and is expensive, unreliable, and often a bit of a disappointment performance wise. Then the tech. matures and comes down in price but by the there's something even better just around the corner. Lather, rinse, repeat. These Muni WiFi projects are ill conceived and expensive. I know this, but if I'm not in the majo The point of a marketplace is that it provides freedom to choose products and services you want. The marketplace works very well in some cases when left alone, in others the public benefits more when government provides an impetus. I see nothing wrong with this, nor do I feel a degree of loyalty to the "free market" over and above my own and my community's interest. If this works well for the most people, then so be it. For many services the cost of billing for the service can outweigh the cost of providing the service. Roads are an example of this. WiFi another. For about $1 person/month a community can provide universal internet providing it makes no attempt to bill for universal internet. It's going to cost a whole lost more than a dollar per person-month to fund this thing. Especially if price isn't correlated to bandwidth usage and people get used to a fast connection. It's a classic illustration of the "split-the-check" problem. It's also part of the reason that routine healthcare is so expensive in the US. As a