Commentary: Is ad hoc Wi-Fi an alternative to muni Wi-Fi?
March 3, 2008 at 3:30 PM by Carol Ellison
Technology writer Jeremy Hsu, writing for the IEEE Spectrum, reports that widespread individual and corporate adoption of wireless technologies has produced a Wi-Fi cloud over Salt Lake City could be a “make do” alternative to a municipal wireless network. The article goes on to postulate “Such unplanned wireless networks could provide the foundation for integrated citywide wireless coverage without huge investments in new infrastructure.”
Ad hoc networks can be–and are–powerfully attractive in areas where public access is the only goal of a…
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