Access the Internet on Every Street Corner

I remember earlier this year reading online that Buckeye Cable in Ohio was considering offering Wi-Fi services in the Toledo area. Recently, I read another article on the Web where the plan is still in the discussion phase but that got me thinking. It would be nice to be able to log on to the Internet around the city and not just in certain local bookstores or coffee shops. To think, we could check e-mails, locate post offices, restaurants, etc. or just conduct business out of the car. Wow, technology sure has come along way.

With many business transactions happening outside of the office, I think having Wi-Fi available throughout a city, would be very beneficial. The service could be offered free or at a discounted price as an added value to current subscribers. This would lessen the need to be in the office eight hours a day and allow people to be out visiting with customers, where business is really done.

I ran across an Earthlink press release where they are offering Wi-Fi throughout the city of Philadelphia. It definitely would be great if other Internet providers would get in gear and set up this type of service in cities nationwide.