Google WiFi - Free Internet for the Masses?

Google- free Internet via WiFi rumored

Some truth and some rumor: Google already has a free WiFi hotspot in San Francisco's Union Square. That means free high speed Internet if you have a computer with wireless capabilities. This free Internet is supposedly sponsored or co-sponsored by a company called Feeva. Feeva is into free Internet bigtime, and Google and Feeva are collaborating. Feeva thinks access should be free, but not everything on the Internet should be. Just like air is free, but life is expensive. Do you get that? I think I do.

The rumor part: Google wants to provide free wireless access all over the place. Blanket major metropolises for a start. As they have a big financial war chest, they probably can. Why would they do that? Hmmmm. There must some long term economic reason. Maybe they want to deliver Google Ads to everyone that uses the free Internet? It's not so far fetched - supposedly Feeva has technology that allows determining a WiFi users location, so very targeted ads could be delivered ("Eat at Joes, only 50 feet down the street").

Also, Business 2.0 claims Google is building a national broadband network. This would be an awfully convenient thing to have if trying to blanket the US/World/Galaxy with Google controlled Internet, free or otherwise. It would also save on the very substantial sums (millions monthly) Google currently pays the Telcos for their Internet traffic.

Google has more, like Google Secure Access ( in Beta now), which makes WiFi more secure. Basically in encrypts WiFi data instead of letting things float around in the air in plain text (think email accounts and passwords for instance). Not just free WiFi, free secure WiFi.

If someone has to take over the (Internet) world, I guess Google isn't a bad choice. Hey Google, can we have free cellphones too?

I imagine requesting free beer would be out of the question?