News Discussion 1: Free Broadband From M2Z?

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-09-02-m2z-free-broadband_N.htm

Check this out, a company called M2Z wants to buy wireless airwaves to then provide free broadband access to 95% of the USA. You would have to purchase laptops or hardware with the wireless enabler inside of it but the connection is fast and the service would be completely free. This sounds like it could be a serious problem for wireless companies that sell broadband like Time Warner and even cell phone services like T-Mobile and Verizon that sell broadband routers. The price of broadband is either going to drop significantly or it is going to hurt cable and broadband companies overall.
I think this move will be good because devices that run on Wi-fi like the itouch, will become more accessible and more popular. This will make it more convenient to use the internet but also a big push for cellular companies and other devices that use wi-fi to purchase and offer M2Z's technology. It will be interesting to see if apple is one of these companies who will have primary access to this technology not only for its computers and devices but also for the iphone. Cell phones that can run on free air time when in wi-fi will make it more difficult for cell phone companies to maintain their rates because if people are able to have broadband access on certain smartphones, then they will not need as many minutes because essentially their airtime will be free at all times assuming their cellphone is compatible with the technology needed to pick up the free broadband. I think it will be interesting to see if this high speed access actually becomes readily available because it could revolutionize the country and technology in general. Everything will change from cell phone companies prices to the price of cable. Hopefully with so many users on free broadband, the connection will be clear and the internet will be available virtually everywhere from any device!