Municipal Wi-Fi Disrupts Cozy Relationship

David Churbuck, veteran tech and business writer, says municipal broadband wireless is one case for free market avoidance: Churbuck writes that municipal wireless is more like ensuring POTS (plain old telephone service) for all residents as opposed to a competitive force that's stealing from free market efficiency. Succinctly, he notes, While I rather see the private marketplace do its economic magic, the cozy relationship between the Telcos and public utility commissions insures we’ll never see true free market capitalism at work....