Looks like the Mid-Continent Public Library's dalliance with free and almost-open Wi-Fi has ended. None of their locations show up as free hotspots in JiWire's listings any more.
I think, however, that it's only a matter of time before MCPL joins the free world. They can't be making enough money for AT&T to justify carrying on their current arrangement much longer. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see AT&T follow Verizon's lead and get out of the play-for-pay Wi-Fi game altogether. Most of their other remaining locations nationwide are McDonald's restaurants, and I can't recall the last time I saw anyone boot up in a McDonald's that wasn't an independently-operated free hotspot. And as providers of cellular broadband as well, AT&T is essentially competing with itself anyway. How much sense does that make?
The potentially good news is that there's a rumor making the rounds that the North Kansas City Public Library has finally unwired, given that they're listed as such on wififfreespot's Missouri page. This can only be categorized as a rumor at this point, since the library's website makes no mention of it at present. We'll try to check it out sometime this week, but if anyone out there has any relevant information already, feel free to share it here.
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