CNet has an interesting article detailing the City of Philadelphia plans about making 802.11 access ubiquitous across its streets. As reported here before, Verizon supported PA state House Bill 30, which states that an ILEC will get the first rights of refusal if a city in the state decides to follow Philly's footsteps and offer wireless broadband access to the masses.  However, Verizon agreed to grant an exception to Philadelphia, and in time, residential consumers will be able to get throughputs of 1 Mbps at prices ranging $16 to $20 per month.  This is still a far cry from what cybernauts can get in France (10 Mbps for €10 a month), but cheaper than the other broadband offerings in the area (3 Mbps for $30 a month by Verizon or $45 monthly for 4-5 Mbps by cable companies such as Comcast).   more »