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Another Failed Utopian Idea

Governing bodies are uniquely talented at throwing good money toward bad ideas. Today Earthlink reminds us that technology is no exception.

Earthlink’s announcement that it was throwing in the towel on an ambitious plan to bring public Wi-Fi to the entire city of Philadelphia marks the end of a glorious, but doomed experiment. The promoters of free municipal Wi-Fi hoped that optimistic techno-utopianism would somehow trump engineering and economic realities. They were, of course, wrong. (… read full)

Source: BusinessWeek