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Originally Posted by crockett
That will never happen.. For one the large tel com & cable companies have far too much lobbying power...
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But in this case it's King Kong vs Godzilla.
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The proposal from the Federal Communications Commission has rattled the $178 billion wireless industry, which has launched a fierce lobbying effort to persuade policymakers to reconsider the idea, analysts say. That has been countered by an equally intense campaign from Google, Microsoft and other tech giants who say a free-for-all WiFi service would spark an explosion of innovations and devices that would benefit most Americans, especially the poor.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...5ee_story.html