California regulators should embrace a wireless future

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In the past two decades, 90% of Californians upgraded their wired telephone services to cellular. The allure? Freedom from wires, seamless communication on-the-go, enhanced public safety features and sheer convenience. The future is, without a doubt, wireless. And yet, the California Public Utilities Commission seems to be hesitating and giving undue consideration to people opposed to technical progress. The first wired phones came to life in the late 1800s. Most of the existing telephone wires today have withstood more than a half century. These copper wires, relics of another age, can hardly support basic dial-up modems, let alone the broadband...