WiFi illegal?

Some interesting points raised by this article about the legalities of wireless access. I think the ending is probably right on:

But ultimately if we want to move to ubiquitous wireless computing, where you can use the WiFi protocols for cheap, mobile VOIP communications, or have near universal wireless Internet access, we are going to have to persuade the law to get the hell out of the way.

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