WiFi
= commercial name for WLAN, i.e. Wireless Local Area Network
This is an overview page to point to various pages we have on the topic:
We pay not only attention to technical WiFi P2P developments, but to the social aspect of trying to build bottom up Customer-build network infrastructures as evidenced in the Wireless Commons and Personal Telco Movement, with examples such as Fon, Green WiFi, etc...
See also the coverage of WiFi Radio, which refers to the ability to receive internet-based radiostations through a WiFi connection WiFi Phones for Voice over WiFireception
Overview
- Green WiFi
- WiFi Hotspot Locators
- WiFi P2P
- WiFi America
- Acoustic Energy WiFi Radio
- WiFi Sharing Communities
- Municipal WiFi Networks Explained
- WLAN
- Super WiFi
History
USA
"what made Wi-Fi such a phenomenal success was the way companies with wireless know-how (many of them start-ups) saw an opportunity to exploit the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless connectivity in mainly the unlicensed 2.4 gigahertz band used by microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors and garage-door openers. Having seen a $50 billion Wi-Fi industry spring up from practically nothing, the FCC believes fervently that making unlicensed spectrum publicly available is one of the surest ways of spurring innovation." (http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/02/beyond-wi-fi)