Anecdotal evidence, at least, affirms that the laws of supply and demand still prevail over politics. I, for one, am relieved. Kip Esquire recently asked, “Whatever happened to municipal wi-fi?” which like most feel-good political moves, designed to give everybody something for nothing, seems to have dropped off everyone’s radar. This made me think about our own, local initiative, to provide Wi-Fi free to everyone in Oakland County., an initiative that I opposed from day one. Why, for instance, is one of the wealthiest counties in the country providing “free” anything to anyone. In any event, after about a year and a half of piloting the program in several municipalities where coverage was spotty at best, the officials finally pulled the plug on Wireless Oakland in … Read entire article »