Fee-Based WiFi Dying?

I found this article interesting. While there may be fewer fee based WiFi options out there. I also find, when traveling that it is often not that easy to log into free WiFi. I use both my laptop, when I can find a stationary location and my IPhone when more mobile. In buildings in the big city you don't often get open WiFi connections. At restaurants they ask you to go through a sometimes detailed sign in procedure. I am not willing to do that only if I am very likely to be back there. So while things have become more free, they are still not as ubiquitously available as everyone said they would be just a few years ago. Meanwhile Wimax still does not seem to be getting closer.