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18. Al this talk here about breaking up the big banks, oil companies, nationalizing stuff, being good,

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 05:32 PM

Feb 2013

and when a government agency suggests a government run something, and all of a sudden this place becomes like FR?

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FCC chairman developing plan for free wireless Internet access: report [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2013 OP

Awesome cvsgracht Feb 2013 #1

They will eventually do this Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #2

Yea call me a conspiracy theorist but that was my first thought... ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #4

Won't have to get court orders to mine the data either Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #5

Actually, yes, probably. BadgerKid Feb 2013 #7

What happens if you use adieu Feb 2013 #10

anything on the internet, including smartphones DeadEyeDyck Feb 2013 #11

I understand adieu Feb 2013 #13

Except the MAC isn't sent beyond the LAN. jeff47 Feb 2013 #25

I work for an christx30 Feb 2013 #31

Yeah, you're still not contradicting what I said. jeff47 Feb 2013 #32

They might, but not if it ends up screwing us over somehow, perhaps. n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #17

+1 SunSeeker Feb 2013 #20

Your computer already has a unique ID. jeff47 Feb 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #8

Washington Post original, not a re-hash OKNancy Feb 2013 #9

THIS FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski .... bvar22 Feb 2013 #12

Makes it easier for the government to spy on us davidn3600 Feb 2013 #14

They already are. Might as well get free WiFi out of it. nt SunSeeker Feb 2013 #19

the FCC has proposed delicensing further spectrum for wifi use Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2013 #15

They're already working on re-jigging the broadcast TV spectrum. mwooldri Feb 2013 #24

"Free", "public": Sounds like some kind of European socialism to me. pampango Feb 2013 #16

Someone has to pay for it madville Feb 2013 #21

Those FCC fees you pay the existing telecoms companies. nt mwooldri Feb 2013 #23

My initial reaction was that it was to facilitate data mining. reteachinwi Feb 2013 #22

Seeing how this country has effectively destroyed free broadcast TV, kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #28

You've got that right. Nihil Feb 2013 #33