While commercial services attempt to move existing business models
to Wi-Fi, many groups, communities, cities, and individuals have set up free
Wi-Fi networks, often adopting a common
peering agreement in order
that networks can openly share with each other. Free wireless mesh networks are
often considered the future of the internet.Many
municipalities have joined with local community groups to help expand free Wi-Fi
networks (see Mu-Fi). Some community groups have built their Wi-Fi networks
entirely based on volunteer efforts and donations.
For
more information, see wireless community network, where there is also a list of
the free Wi-Fi networks one can find around the globe.OLSR
is one of the protocols used to set up free networks. Some networks use static
routing; others rely completely on OSPF. Wireless Leiden developed their own
routing software under the name LVrouteD for
community wi-fi networks that consist of a completely wireless backbone. Most
networks rely heavily on open source software, or even publish their setup under
an open source license.Some
smaller countries and municipalities already provide free Wi-Fi hotspots and
residential Wi-Fi internet access to everyone. Examples include Estonia which
have already a large number of free Wi-Fi hotspots throughout their
countries.In
Paris, France, OzoneParis offers
free Internet access for life to anybody who contributes to the Pervasive
Network’s development by making their rooftop available for the Wi-Fi
Network.
Annapolis, Maryland is in the early phases (as of April 2006) of a
pilot program to provide free, advertisement-financed Wi-Fi to all its
residents. A private company, Annapolis Wireless Internet, will administrate the
network. Users will only see local advertisements upon accessing the network.
[2]While commercial services attempt to move existing business models to Wi-Fi,
many groups, communities, cities, and individuals have already set up free Wi-Fi
networks, often adopting a common peering agreement in order that networks can
openly share with each other. Free wireless mesh networks are often considered
the future of the internet. Many municipalities have joined with local community groups to help expand
free Wi-Fi networks. Some community groups have built their Wi-Fi networks
entirely based on volunteer efforts and donations. Philadelphis is one of the
largest cities to have embarked on a city owned and operated WiFi network for
public use. For more information, see wireless community network , where there is also a
list of the free Wi-Fi networks one can find around the globe.
OLSR is one of the protocols used to set up free networks. Some networks use
static routing; other, such as Wireless Leiden rely completely on OSPF. Most
networks rely heavily on open source software, or even publish their setup under
an open source license. Some smaller countries and municipalities already provide free Wi-Fi hotspots
and free residential Wi-Fi internet access to everyone. Examples include the
Kingdom of Tonga or Estonia which have already a large number of free Wi-Fi
hotspots throughout their countries. Many universities provide free WiFi internet access to their students,
visitors, and anyone on campus. Similarly, some commercial entities such as
Panera Bread offer free Wi-Fi access to patrons. However, there is also a third subcategory of networks set up by certain
communities such as universities where the service is provided free to members
and guests of the community such as students, yet used to make money by letting
the service out to companies and individuals outside. An example of such a
service is Sparknet in Finland. Sparknet also supports OpenSparknet, a project
where people can name their own wireless access point as a part of Sparknet in
return for certain benefits.
Recently commercial Wi-Fi providers have built free Wi-Fi hotspots and
hotzones. These providers hope that free Wi-Fi access would equate to more users
and significant return on investment. One such example is AnchorFree Wireless in
Sunnyvale, CA. AnchorFree provides free Wi-Fi access in Silicon Valley and San
Francisco. In February of 2005 FreeFi launched a nationwide network of free,
advertising-sponsored hotspots
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