And, as munipalities fail in their very highly-touted efforts to roll out "free" WiFi access, purely commercial ventues are necessarily stalled. Better that, though, than if municipal WiFi access were successful, thus rendering commercial efforts entirely moot. Particularly given quotes like this:

"Prices dropped and quality of service went up," [Mark McKibben, Lompoc's former wireless consultant] said. "That's the way a lot of cities look at it. They don't look at business profits and losses. They see it as a driver for quality of life."

Case closed: force rules.