The numbers supporting free, municipal-backed wireless: St. Cloud, Florida, was the first city of any scale in the US to offer a completely free network -- no need to view ads, no extra fees. The city of 11,000 households has seen 77 percent of those homes register for service within the first six months. In this podcast, the city's consultant Jonathan Baltuch discusses what those numbers mean, and why cities should consider paying directly to build a free network rather than allow an outside ISP to build one and charge for it. [37 min., 17 MB, MP3]