area. It's their choice to do so. Maybe it works. And maybe the probable connection loads will kill the service - or at least drag the connection speed down to almost zero. I do like hotels with a wireless zone, even tho you can't trust its security. But for main internet access, no Wi-Fi for me, even if it does work to some degree. On the Internet there are folks who are broadband users, and folks who are broadband thinkers. Sometimes the qualities of both occur in the same individual. These dual capability user-thinkers are called Out-Of-The-Box, free thinking Webizens. These Freewebizens not only can ask Why?&but also Wi-Fi not? As regards broadband users who arent also capable of commensurate broadband thinking, they also have a name. To use your words, theyre called lame brained. JP B-) There making such a rediculous amount of money already they could probably blanket the world in a couple of years. Plus they get the revenue from the advertising so you only pay them when you click their ads not for the initial setup or usage. Hardware is getting very cheap to make as well so that should be to far behind either. Government is just a stumbling block to me. Who cares what Newsom says. Google would do it anyway if it weren't the government trying to force people to pay into their system. They just don't have the legalities to do it quicker so they have to get permission from the government