Telecommunications Industry Fights Back

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a municipal plan to create a wireless internet network is meeting opposition by major telecommunications corporations, who say that a government-funded wireless service made in the public interest is, however noble a cause, unfair competition. However much I dislike corporate conglomeration, the telecommunications industry has a valid point; if the government is allowed an unfair advantage in private enterprise, this could pave the way for other public interest industries to be competed against as well. The risks to democracy posed by too large a government are much greater than the risks presented by too large a corporation.