wi-fi should not be this difficult to find...

waiting on my daughter outside her school, i am thinking about how i spend an inordinate amount of time when i am out looking for wireless internet access points... are we really so technologically devolved that at this point in our human history, we haven't advanced to the level of a comprehensive wireless internet web across, at the very least, large urban areas. (like the one i live in). Instead, what one finds is a random collection of wi-fi spots, with ebbing signals that come and go, and rarely allow more than a few minutes of access.. Should it really be that hard to get online once you leave your house? should i really have to park at whataburger just to get a signal? do i have to buy a coffee to not feel bad about stealing starbucks wi-fi for fifteen minutes so i can check my email at the mall? i'm just saying....