Then it will be paid for. And you're back into the rules of economics, price, cost, market...
Providing wifi services is mostly about infrastructure costs. Of course costs will depend on the usage, because you'll have to dimension the infrastructure for target usage, but there are no marginal costs. That means that if you have a lot of customers you'll get as rich as cresus ever was, but if you do not reach your BEP you go broke.
The central point for paid for wifi is then customers. Is it possible to find enough paying customers to reach that BEP ? As there is no marginal cost, there is no fair value. Determining the price and evaluating audience for a given price becomes fairly difficult then.
Attraction to the public is also difficult to evaluate. unlimited nationwide 24/7 wireless access to internet was $30 a month. smthg like $8 a month on that sum goes into the phone rebate you are given for your two years contract. That's 60ct/day for your acess. The conclusion ? You certainly won't attract much consummers at more than $1 or $2 for 24 hours. with this no chance you can reach your BEP.
So no paid for wifi either.
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