Re:Free stuff isn't, freedom is! (Score 1)

The taxing power of the state is the power to throw someone out of their home at gunpoint if they can't or won't cough up the money.

Typical libertarian overstatement. Since there are some people who don't/can't drive, should we privatize all the roads? Some people are resistant to dangerous diseases ... should the CDC stop researching the responsible pathogens? Not everyone goes to church or uses their public library... should the government stop giving tax breaks to churches and stop funding public libraries?

Your argument could also easily be turned on its head: with the cost of wifi-enabled devices dropping, the diversity of those devices and their target markets expanding, and more used devices getting into hands of lower-income families, not having public wifi is the government saying "look, we're going to shut you out of the coverage area for the growing digital commons ... take the nice safe stuff that Big Media stuffs down your cable, and be happy that it doesn't let you get to anything that might challenge your faith in the Administration."