ISP's lobbying against municipal wifi.
Using “mesh” networks that run on the Wi-Fi wireless standard, cities can deliver the Internet affordably to everyone within their boundaries. Such a service can cover an entire city for a fraction of the cost of traditional Internet providers, which tend to focus excessively on the affluent. The telecom and cable giants that sell broadband Internet, such as SBC, Verizon, and Comcast, have mobilized with lobbying and massive political “donations” to stop supporter of municipal Wi-Fi.
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