Capmag.com were the first to publish an article that puts my cringe whenever I read an article about municpal WIFI into words. If you want an answer to "Should municipalities be allowed to build and operate broadband networks in competition with private companies?" or:
In the same issue of Wired, Lucas Graves quizzes Marilyn O’Connell, senior VP of broadband solutions for Verizon. Why, asked Graves, are "the Baby Bells trying to snuff out municipal broadband wherever it appears"? "What right do you have to stomp on a small town’s efforts to provide wireless Internet access?" and "it sure seems like you’re trying to prevent wireless access from becoming a basic public utility.
Shouldn’t bandwidth be free?"
If you do go read Free Broadband From Socialism.
