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The heavy price we pay for 'free' Wi-Fi

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For many years, New York City has been developing a “free” public Wi-Fi project. Called LinkNYC, it is an ambitious effort to bring wireless Internet access to all of the city’s residents.

This is the latest in a longstanding trend in which companies offer ostensibly free Internet-related products and services, such as social...

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