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Title: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: TECSHARE on February 05, 2013, 01:57:10 AM "The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/tech-telecom-giants-take-sides-as-fcc-proposes-large-public-wifi-networks/2013/02/03/eb27d3e0-698b-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html?hpid=z1 Title: Re: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: dotcom on February 05, 2013, 04:14:04 AM Isn't the federal government it's passed broke Title: Re: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: The Fool on February 05, 2013, 04:48:46 AM ...so they can control content directly.
Title: Re: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: MJGrae on February 15, 2013, 10:23:01 PM While massive, free wifi would be awesome, I'd be more worried about the fact that the government would officially control the internet. At least for a large part of the developed world. Big brother, much?
Title: Re: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: Lethn on February 17, 2013, 09:20:13 AM That's it MJGrae, they're screaming about how everyone will get free wi-fi while quietly mentioning they'll be the ones who own the entire network.
Title: Re: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: UPENtXF on February 17, 2013, 04:10:18 PM If they are talking about allowing large mesh networks, I think that will be great!
Title: Re: Telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks Post by: grantbdev on February 17, 2013, 04:14:07 PM I'm uneasy about public wi-fi networks, regardless of who owns them.
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