Gadgets: An Argument For Free Wifi

The worlds reliance on the internet has become more and more severe

, it has gone to the point that most people find it necessary to bring their smartphone, laptop, or tablet to practically everywhere they go. Its now so important to have these that several countries all over the world have begun to establish their own municipal wireless network.

The argument for a free public wireless network is that turning an whole city into a Wireless Access Zone (WAZ) is cheaper for the community, when compared to having households or private businesses to pay an internet service provider (ISP) for internet. Peoples laptops, smartphones and tablet computers all need the internet to function at an optimal level. Without the internet most of these gadgets lose a lot of their functionality.

There are countries all over the world that have begun to create their own public WiFi access points. Some encompass the entire city, while others are gives free public WiFi to important locations in the city like for example tourist destinations. Such endeavors entail having to construct the necessary facilities. The construction of these facilities is usually funded by the municipal government and the private firm assigned to provide the internet. Below is a list of just a few of the countries that have begun to add free public WiFi access:

Asia

Bataan, Philippines

Singapore

Taipei

Hong Kong

Africa

Luxor, Egypt

Europe

Oulo, Finland

Liverpool, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Paris, France

Venice, Italy

North America

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Akron, Ohio, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

El Paso, Texas, United States

South America

Aparecida, Brazil

La Plata, Argentina

One of the main advantages of such an idea, aside from benefitting the general public, is that WiFi can help government employees to work out in the field. This added capability of having WiFi on the go anywhere, which helps improve the management of the city and public safety. Furthermore, public WiFi allows people or households who cannot afford a DSL to have internet access. In theory, this kind of setup turns WiFi internet from a service to a public utility.

However, such a system does have its drawbacks and people need to be aware of these caveats. First of all the United States Federal Trade Commission is hesitant to fully adopt such a system as it might lead to a franchise monopoly. One of the other major problems of this setup is that the service is free; people who consume a large amount of bandwidth can make it difficult to manage the entire system.

by: JasonP

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