Orange.fr has been doing the same for a while. This is a newer article but in southern france Orange were doing it in 2012 when I lived there. http://www.muniw

Orange.fr has been doing the same for a while. This is a newer article but in southern france Orange were doing it in 2012 when I lived there. http://www.muniwireless.com/2013/06/10/orange-france-creates-nationwide-community-wifi-network/ http://www.muniwireless.com/2013/06/10/orange-france-creates... Also my experience with 'free' was that it's vaporware. Hopefully it's improved in the last 1.5 years.