Fergie's Tech Blog

Congress Tunes In to WiFi

Robert MacMillan writes in his Random Access column in The Washington Post:

The debate over whether localities can treat Internet access like telephone service and cable TV has reached the Hill, where two bills -- one backing cities' efforts to provide WiFi, the other protecting the telecom industry's interests -- are set on a collision course.

Mick Jagger said it best: 'The summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy."

The streets run through U.S. cities and towns, where the heat is on local governments to provide free or low-cost Internet access.

posted by Fergie @ 6/27/2005 08:09:00 AM