http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060629.html
I like this guy’s idea. Between this and creating wireless mesh networks (not as good of an idea for the long stretch though), I think something needs to happen at the community level.
America is going to fall behind in innovation soon, which is our last great export, if the American businesses have their way. Keeping the Internet free and cheap is one way to help keep innovation going. But businesses don’t like that idea because it forces them to change with the times instead of forcing the consumer into their dated and (according to them) more profitable business models.