pShould the US government offer free WiFi across the nation?

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60 %

No, bad move

35 %

Yes, I'm all for it!

6 %

I'm not sure

@Feb '13 V 449 votes c 230 comments

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449 Votes

5 hr

esl99

v No, bad move

Think about the cost.

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14 hr
Marley2008 voted

v No, bad move
Tue
anotherperson voted

v No, bad move
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Mon
smbiz voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
Jun 17
Jen13411 endorsed gammler

v No, bad move
Jun 16
ladywaterwood voted

v I'm not sure
Jun 16
Greggmcneill endorsed ctc

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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Jun 16
Philoktetes voted

v No, bad move
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Jun 15
Sock-o voted

v No, bad move
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Jun 14
nagydonnac voted

v No, bad move
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Jun 14
hancel voted

v No, bad move
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Jun 13
Leonard endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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Jun 13
skspls voted

v No, bad move
Jun 13
Wait-----what endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
Jun 8

PJS1973

v No, bad move

After our economy, infrastructure, schools, healthcare, prison system, military, and 20 other things that are higher priority than this fancy are addressed, and we still have a surplus of money, sure.

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Jun 7
SlimElmo91 voted

v No, bad move
Jun 7
Philof endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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Jun 6
USN-22 voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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Jun 6

LaLuz

v No, bad move

We should wait til the illegals get their amnesty. Then our Castro/Chavez style dictatorshipship can use the wifi to consolidate their power and control over the american people.

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Jun 5

Randolf

v No, bad move

Sure why not??? Free house, free food, free money, free obamaphn, reduced utility bills... Why not free wifi? These poor souls have nothing else to do besides wait for first of the month to come how bout lettin them surf the net:)

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Jun 5
Nemesis3X endorsed Romney2012

v I'm not sure
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Jun 4

Avoicenmany

v No, bad move

Good gawd!! I am about as a techno geek as they come, my first computer was a Commodore PET. This is so bad is so many ways to even mention, Govt. sponsored WiFi, yeah just a nice way to track movement, and collect data for the NSA to mine. I have SBC and my plan already has nationwide hotspots, and if I really needed more I just get a cellular dongle for my laptops or tablet. No Government involvement in the internet PERIOD... Well except Al Gore "I invented the internet" was involved LMAO, I think Vint Serf would disagree :)

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Jun 4
DyingBreed endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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Jun 3
Knoll37 voted

v I'm not sure
Jun 2
Ktulue voted

v No, bad move
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Jun 2

Libertyboy

v No, bad move

If they can really find a way to make it free, sure. If it won't cost anybody, not consumers or taxpayers, a dime. But that's impossible.

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Jun 1

RONPAULFAN

v No, bad move

Wtf...that would be a censorers wet dream.

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Jun 1
rtoberl voted

v No, bad move
May 31
Rachelleshipps endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 31
silentrunning endorsed MarkJM

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 31
RandPaul4Pres endorsed stepped_in_it

v No, bad move
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May 30
JackinVienna voted

v No, bad move
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May 30
Texasbuzz voted

v No, bad move
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May 28
cpier14 voted

v No, bad move
May 28
Laz voted

v No, bad move
May 27

wde01

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Yes! Free the internet! One of the best things ever invented.

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May 27
LEC endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 27
dontmatter voted

v No, bad move
May 27
Mrenze voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 26

JumpRoundhouse

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Anymore a great number of jobs require you to apply online only. Since this is the case I feel it's only right for there to be free Internet access

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May 26
futuremaestro voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 25
kenzie514 voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
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May 25
sspphoto endorsed DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 23
warwil630 voted

v No, bad move
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May 23

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, bad move

What kind of effect do these WiFi signals have on the human body? We already know that cell phones are causing brain cancer. WiFi offers the easiest access of computer hackers. Isn't there enough identity theft already? And when the government says FREE, it's never really free, it's taxpayer funded.

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May 21
9MileTrucking voted

v No, bad move
May 21
bleakoutlook voted

v Yes, I'm all for it!
May 20

Smoothbeartoo

v No, bad move

Not the government's job to waste taxpayer money on wifi.

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May 20

Hoosierdaddy

v No, bad move

In places where it is justifiable not everywhere like where population densities are forbiddingly low

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May 20
DesignerLM voted

v No, bad move

5 hr

esl99

v No, bad move

Think about the cost.

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Jun 8

PJS1973

v No, bad move

After our economy, infrastructure, schools, healthcare, prison system, military, and 20 other things that are higher priority than this fancy are addressed, and we still have a surplus of money, sure.

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Jun 6

LaLuz

v No, bad move

We should wait til the illegals get their amnesty. Then our Castro/Chavez style dictatorshipship can use the wifi to consolidate their power and control over the american people.

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Jun 5

Randolf

v No, bad move

Sure why not??? Free house, free food, free money, free obamaphn, reduced utility bills... Why not free wifi? These poor souls have nothing else to do besides wait for first of the month to come how bout lettin them surf the net:)

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Jun 4

Avoicenmany

v No, bad move

Good gawd!! I am about as a techno geek as they come, my first computer was a Commodore PET. This is so bad is so many ways to even mention, Govt. sponsored WiFi, yeah just a nice way to track movement, and collect data for the NSA to mine. I have SBC and my plan already has nationwide hotspots, and if I really needed more I just get a cellular dongle for my laptops or tablet. No Government involvement in the internet PERIOD... Well except Al Gore "I invented the internet" was involved LMAO, I think Vint Serf would disagree :)

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Jun 2

Libertyboy

v No, bad move

If they can really find a way to make it free, sure. If it won't cost anybody, not consumers or taxpayers, a dime. But that's impossible.

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Jun 1

RONPAULFAN

v No, bad move

Wtf...that would be a censorers wet dream.

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May 27

wde01

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Yes! Free the internet! One of the best things ever invented.

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May 26

JumpRoundhouse

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Anymore a great number of jobs require you to apply online only. Since this is the case I feel it's only right for there to be free Internet access

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May 23

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, bad move

What kind of effect do these WiFi signals have on the human body? We already know that cell phones are causing brain cancer. WiFi offers the easiest access of computer hackers. Isn't there enough identity theft already? And when the government says FREE, it's never really free, it's taxpayer funded.

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May 20

Smoothbeartoo

v No, bad move

Not the government's job to waste taxpayer money on wifi.

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May 20

Hoosierdaddy

v No, bad move

In places where it is justifiable not everywhere like where population densities are forbiddingly low

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May 20

Blknred

v No, bad move

The U.S is beyond broke.

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May 20

jessejaymes

v Yes, I'm all for it!

My first thought was the government will use a govt supplied wi fi as a tool to spy on citizens. My second thought is so what? They already do. Why not have free wi fi?

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May 30

NOObama

As If Its a big deal. Maybe Government could spend more time in straightening out the economy than worrying about WiFi

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May 20

Goose

v No, bad move

Politix can furnish free WiFi to everyone, since one of its editors apparently believes the money to pay for this is no big deal.

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May '13

DARSB

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Libraries are free, Wi-Fi could be reasonably compared to that.

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May 20

jessejaymes

Actually this is a very relevant point. I went into a library about two years ago, in a city of half a million to try look up something local I couldn't find on the internet. That monster library was damn near empty. About 20 workers and about 5 civilians using the library. I was amazed. The Wi fi may well be our new library because the old ones certainly aren't cost effective today if what I saw was representative.

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May 23

NoAmnestyEVER

But that would disenfranchise all the illegal aliens who can't read and poor Obama voters people who don't have computers.

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May 23

NoAmnestyEVER

By the way, libraries aren't free, nothing is. It's all TAXPAYER FUNDED.

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May '13

outsidecat

v No, bad move

don't we have more crippling issues to spend money on instead of a luxury such as internet sounds like another way they want you to be dependent upon them also there is major privacy concerns there too as they would be able to monitor everything you do

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May '13

Gatnos

v No, bad move

There is no Constitutional authority to do that.

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May '13

Bob72370

v No, bad move

Why should the government be in the WiFi business, or the Healthcare business? Should the government be our provider for everything? Under the present administration they can't collect taxes without breaking the law, they can't provide protection to our embassies , they can't or wont even provide meals to our troops in the field.

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May '13

Wafflecone

v Yes, I'm all for it!

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Feb '13

stepped_in_it

v No, bad move

Nothing in life is free. Let me repeat .....NOTHING in life is FREE. Has anything....anything the government "offered" free been "free". My Mom once told me....."Son, if it's too good to be true, it's TOO GOOD to be TRUE". How right she was!

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Feb '13

DrFunkenstein

v Yes, I'm all for it!

The United States in 2002 was number one in the world in connectivity and speed. Now we are 12th in the world and we pay more than the other countries. In South Korea they have 200 times the speed and pay 40% less than the United States. The FCC has for years told the Cable and DSL providers to upgrade their lines or lower their high fees, they have not done either. They are being paid incredibly high fees each month for little or no effort, it's just a pipeline they paid for years ago and they allow you access to it. Free Wifi will force them to either upgrade or die. It's a disgrace that someone in Sweden can access an American server at a higher connection speed tha...

B3

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e41 endorsed

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Feb '13

gammler

v No, bad move

If the government controls it, they will assert the right to censure it. "A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have away". (Gerald Ford)

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Feb '13

AceLuby

v I'm not sure

I would have to know some details before I could vote either way. How would it be implemented? How fast would it be? How much will it cost? They tried to do it cheaply in my city and it's an awful implementation, so I'd have to hear some specifics.

e6 endorsed

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Feb '13

blue_yahoo

v No, bad move

How can the government offer free WiFi when their only source of income is from the people using the "free" WiFi. Oxymoron here.

B5

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Feb '13

chiilgod

v Yes, I'm all for it!

Japan's average Internet access is 500 Mbp. US average Internet access is 2.5 Mbp. (Support THE VENUS PROJECT)

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Feb '13

seedtick

v Yes, I'm all for it!

This is an interesting thing that could be very helpful. But, we must also remember that this cannot become the only WiFi available...because once it is our wireless access to the internet will be controlled by the government. And careful steps must be taken to make sure that this does not become our only access to the internet.

B1

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Feb '13

tomhorn1903

v No, bad move

I am sure all the 'low information' voters and ObamaPhone recipients will swoon over the prospects of getting 'free' Wi-Fi. If the government provides it they also control its use. Horrible idea. It also begs the question,"Who is paying for it?"

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Feb '13

WMCOL

v No, bad move

Would certainly give the police state another means of surveilling individuals across the nation. "Person of Interest" anyone?

B1

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Feb '13

ctc

v Yes, I'm all for it!

You lead or you fall behind.

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