San Francisco moves forward on citywide WiFi plan

Now this is something to get excited about, unless you work for Comcast or a broadband provider...

SF Gate has coverage today of the City's plans for creating a free/inexpensive wireless network for everyone inside of the city limits.

"The city of San Francisco wants ideas for making the entire 49-square mile city a free — or at least cheap — Wi-Fi zone. Taking a step toward bridging the so-called digital divide between the tech-savvy and people who can't afford computers, the city government on Tuesday issued guidelines for a plan to "ensure universal, affordable wireless broadband access for all San Franciscans.""

Unless, of course, we get activists or progressive supervisors complaining that people who don't yet own computers can't access this service and it shouldn't be built...