Cincinnati and Hamilton County's public libraries add Wi-Fi: There's service at the downtown branch and 41 county branches. Service is charged at $4.95 per hour or $9.95 for 24 hours, and it's run by Cincinnati Bell. Can I note how rare this is? Very. Most libraries absorb the cost of Wi-Fi as part of bringing in more users who in turn are more likely to donate to the system, vote for bonds, or otherwise support the library as a critical resource that needs funding.
This stinks to high heaven in my opinion.
Cincinnati Bell has a lot of pay per use hot spots all over town, including lots of resturants. Trouble is, there are more and more places that offer free wi-fi. I tend to frequent resturants for lunch that have free wi-fi a lot more than ones that have none, or have done a deal with Cincinnati Bell for pay wi-fi.
It's not going to take too much longer for the free wi-fi places to make the pay places obsolete. I'll bet that Cincinnati Bell is making less and less money per month per installation (and possibly less in total even with additional installations) as more and more places are offering free access in order to attract customers.