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Looking At SFO's Free Wi-Fi Plan: Nothing Free Is Ever Really Free

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Tuesday, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the first hurdle to offering free Wi-Fi service in San Francisco International Airport has been surmounted: the San...

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It would have been nice to have free-fi at SFO when we wanted it. Who needs it now? Here come the iPads!

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I find it interesting how most San Franciscans, myself included, are opposed to invasive advertising. Yet, as this article points out, it is through such forms of "covert marketing" that we are able to afford a number of programs which we tend to feel we deserve (i.e. ballparks, bus shelters, free wifi, etc.).

Why don't we just tax the rich instead?

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