Technology Review: Bucking convention, Time Warner Cable lets customers set up cheap Wi-Fi hotspots

As wireless becomes more prevalent, new ways of gaining access are being offered. Some of them, like Time-Warner's new sharing service involving Fon, a small wireless startup, auger well for consumers. Are much lower costs in the works? Partially, it's a natural response to the growing proliferation of free municipal networks, although they often don't work really well. Technology Review: Bucking convention, Time Warner Cable lets customers set up cheap Wi-Fi hotspots