/slightly off topic

This concept for the city of Clawson is not new, here is a link to information on a major IT project for the city of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland:

http://www.eiat.ie/technology.php

It was a few years back, and at the time was the largest in the World (now there's a challenge to you guys from Ennis, Texas )

This was not a sleaze project though, and had central government support. Apparently it was a great success.

On the local front of Bridlington (pop. 30,000), there have been proposals to provide a wifi loop throughout the town. This would be done by a private organisation that does wifi networks for businesses.

As far as I can gather, this would be a "pay for" service but anyone hosting one of the "beer bottles" ("water bottles"...........jeez! Hack can't even hack it..........who voted for him?.......... ) would get free connection and service.

As far as I can see, the only advertising would be the existence of the service, which would provide a potential customer base for the service company.

They are already doing this in a small way by providing a free hotspot at the local railway station.

I think that these two examples represent a better way of going about it, although the local one is in its early stages and there has been no mention of security considerations.