This is a really pedestrian story about a small town's debate over cellular towers: But the ending is a hoot. A gentleman known in the region as "maddog" suggests using the tower to create a Wi-Fi hotspot downtown. Maddog, aka John Hall, is apparently "an internationally known advocate of the Linux operating system and perhaps the region's most famous computer worker." It's nice to know that Wi-Fi is popping up in the small towns, even if only by people the rest of the town may consider the fringe.
Mr. Hall is indeed a celebrity in Linux circles. He is widely known within the penguin community. When I was a DECie, he was a fervent Linux advocate.
Ive been stuck in a very small town for the last 3 months for Air Force Flying training. The town is Altus OK and I just hoooked up a little coffee shop (That One Place) with wireless access point/router and a cable modem from the local cable company. This is defeintely "out there" for this hick burg (20k people)