Muni wifi and competition

the city of denver plans on building a 52-square-mile wifi network even though the state of colorado has passed a law ( sb 152) making it illegal for municipalities to offer telecommunications services. (pennsylvania passed a similar law after philadelphia announced its plans to provide muni-wifi, but the bill exempts cities that began within a particular, short deadline.) it seems that denver will use the network for its own city services, at least initially cutting off public access to it because the denver legislature is owned by qwest. during the Howard Dean campaign, some on the informal board of advisors......