be outlawed so they can make a huge profit doing the same thing themselves. Aggregating a huge number of users with Municipal WiFi is far more efficient than having each person have a separate account with an ISP. The ISPs want Municipal and private WiFi to be made illegal so they can make a huge profit doing same thing themselves. It's "Please, please, please corrupt the government so that I can make easy money." I agree that telecoms can do WiFi more efficiently. But they won't unless the government mandates it. Muni wireless is a way to get started. Eventually, there will be WiFi everywhere, and we will use VOIP for our cell phones. The cell phone towers will become WiFi towers. Along the way, there will be less profit for some people, who will fight change. If the telecoms can do it more efficiently, let them. That's not a good reason to prevent anybody else from doing it. There's plenty of market for everybody, let them duke it out in the free market, and may the best service win. If the telecoms are really scared of a muni wifi deployment, it's because they wont be offering a service of any appreciably better value. If they were, they wouldn't be worried about the muni wifi hurting thier business. Telcoms will be able to do wireless far more efficiently. That's what these people understand. The fact that govts are even considering muni WiFi just shows how inefficient govt is when WiMax