The trouble with hooking up

Free municipal wireless sounds like a great idea for Boston or any city that has already invested heavily in high-tech infrastructure. Too bad there's no more money to pay for the last link of the chain. Ubiquitous wireless, especially if it relies on mesh networking technology, only works if people use it. The evidence so far is that they will -- if it's free. The trouble is, Internet bandwidth isn't free. Neither is the operation and maintenance of a citywide network. Somebody, somewhere has to pay. If not the users, or the city, then who?