This is what happens if you let a mobile commercial access provider (aka, a cell phone companies) deploy WiFi in their service area: They charge you for WiFi. Think about that. When was the last time you actually paid for WiFi? Free WiFi is everywhere – McDonald’s has free WiFi. My dentist has free WiFi. WiFi is a the handle to lots of different razor blades.
Granted, lots of that free WiFi sucks, isn’t particularly secure, and can be abused. But letting phone or cable companies charge for it is not going to necessarily make that better. And the absurdity that you’re going to be metering WiFi with the same meter that you meter cellular data is mind blowing. Again, not every mobile operator is planning to do this, but some are, and bad ideas are contagious, especially in sickly industries.