Aye, but in comparrison to those other services, its inexpensive to setup and maintain. These companies that charge large amounts are making a killing, with very little overheads.
The episode of The Gadget Show explained things a lot more clearly.
Its already setup and free in various towns in the UK, Manchester being one of them (or soon). Its been commonplace for years already in countries such as China and Japan and even various European countries.
Y'know, heaven forbid that the government in this country would actually ever provide us with a free service! :P (though technically of course, we pay for it)
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Originally Posted by danielf
I suppose it could be argued that it would benefit the economy. Also, taxation is used to fund other things that not everybody uses. But generally, I agree that there is no compelling reason why one portion of the population should fund other people's internet access.
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I could argue it would be a more worthwhile expenditure then some of the things our tax money gets spent on, but I hate politics, so I won't
