Re:Things that make you go Hmmmm (Score 1)

Anything that threatens the big Telcom companies will get shut down by government. The companies will find some excuse, they can be used by terrorists, they will collapse an industry, they will cook your brians. The telcom companies have enough lawyers and lobbyists to thing of something.

Interestingly there is a new breed of pda/phone combined that have recently been released into the market making this a reality already. Link here

These combine full phone functionality with a Pocket PC and wifi connectivity. And guess what, you can alredy get skpye for them! Certainly the mobile operators in the UK don't seem to be complaining about these and are offering their usual generous discounts on the full unit price

Can anyone say "cheap pda"?

As to open wifi ports there is an interesting discussion in the article as to the number of open wifi ports available in even a small area for this use. It even seems that some people are doing this DELBERATLY!