So the mixing of city government with a computer related business endeavor is going to work?
It works perectly well. I pay my parking tickets, car registration, electical bill, water, sewer, etc all on-line and monitor traffic patterns in real time. Very business like. In fact I use the library more on a computer than actually going in person. You could argue they aren't business' but the power company is a public owned business. In fact the city operates the airport, and all the wireless connection inside it. If they actually charge people to connect and make a profit, I could see the FCC stepping in to regulate. In fact the fcc may see it as a public service like operating a parking garage (which is also automated by computers) But hold on, if they do that and rule on profitibility versus a public accessable frequency ban, then all the pay as you go wireless services would be out of business. I just don't see what the big deal is, you are more likely losing your connection to the guy using a coordless at the gas station. It's a public band, and eventually without the governments help every house in America will have one. Hey, what if all the government offices bought coordless phones? Cities are already full of Verizon hot spots that are pay as you go and annoying. There is a hell of a lot more than wi-fi in that band, microwave links, bluetooth, coordless, alarm systems, video streams..... on and on.

I think the isse is really the government versus someone like verizon lighting up a city. The governement stepping on a public band, even though there would offer their services to the public.