Open Wi-Fi 'outlawed' in Digital Economy Bill - ZDNet.co.uk - in the UK, free Wi-Fi could soon be a thing of the past - a point where we can only hope that it remains a purely British path. But I can imagine one or the other politician who would crave to implement the same in other countries or even across the EU. And hey, if this forces hotspot operations only into the hands of large providers, that's great, because then we also know where the next party donations will come from ...