Had to stop at a Mid-Continent Public Library branch to get directions somewhere, and-hide the screen from your kids, everyone-I succumbed to the siren call of Ma Bell, who-in case you haven't heard-now lets practically everyone that buys their DSL from her onto her Wi-Fi hotspots for no extra charge.
Why the guilt, you ask? Simple-even though it isn't costing me anything extra, this really isn't what a public library is supposed to be all about. There are taxpayers supporting MCPL who, perhaps, buy their broadband from their cable TV provider-or may still be limping along on dialup for that matter. Doesn't their money spend just as well as mine? Why should they have to fork over $8 to use an amenity offered in a publicly owned and operated facility when I don't have to, just because I happen to patronize the private company whose advertising sticker now adorns the front door of said facility?
Just one more reason MCPL really ought to end this dance with the devil and either unwire on its own or not.
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