May I recommend a article? It has some rough edges, but he hits on a very touchy SUBJECT that will INFLUENCE our future Internet access.

The term used is 'Open Spectrum'. It means Open WI-FI. Here it is not about security, but about letting anybody get into the Internet if they obey rules of common sense. Plain common sense means you do not have to pay for things that are free. Like the Air is free. Water is free. Open space is free. Common sense says that you will get thrown in jail if you use your freedom to harm others. But you never pay a fee to be a GOOD citizen.

Yes, MARCONI is credited with the practical use of radio propagation, the basis for modem communication without wires. Yet nobody today pays royalties to the Marconi family. Do they?

For a number of years the FCC of the United States has been selling VHF and UHF spectrum to the highest bidder. The spectrum used by free 802.11 devices is in the top of the UHF and into the SHF bands. It is a very small slice of the pie. It needs to be expanded in a large way.

Here is the article I want you to read:
The War against Open Spectrum