On his way out as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Kevin Martin is still hopeful that his proposal - of creating a countrywide free wireless broadband network - might just win the support of his fellow commissioners. The expectation of being able to push through the plan has risen as Martin has removed one major objection related to porn filtering on the public network.

Even with the content filtering idea removed, the chances of the approval of the highly ambitious plan appear to be slight. Significant resistance from T-Mobile USA and other wireless carriers includes the aspect of the plan's interference with their respective services.

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Given the behavior of ISP's wanting to violate net neutrality, if this wireless internet network could be accomplished, it would be a good thing. As far as competing companies, it would actually be a good thing for them so that they might be better served to focus their business on value added services.