Philly Kisses Muni WiFi Goodbye, Subsidizes Telcos

Philly citizens are about to unwittingly foot the bill for higher-priced broadband while jeopardizing their Municipal WiFi project, courtesy of telco-lobby-sponsored Pennsylvania House Bill 30. Om Malik is rounding-up analysis from Esme Vos and Harold Feld.

update: The WSJ also offers a similar perspective.

update update: Slashdot also picked-up this story from Macworld.