Free Public Wi-Fi Networks, page 2

Many public libraries provide Wi-Fi access that is free to the public (or at least to members of the community who have registered for a library card). The Wireless Librarian has a great directory of Wi-Fi availability in libraries.

Wireless Communities, provides information about community-maintained Wi-Fi hotspots all over the world. This is worth checking out. You’ll be surprised at how many community-based providers of free Wi-Fi networks there are, and the passion and commitment of the people and communities that provide this free public service.

Here are a few sample wireless communities:

• Bay Area Wireless Users Group (BAWUG) is one of the pioneering free Wi-Fi organizations. In addition to BAWUG’s other activities, they maintain a number of free hotspots centered around the Presidio in San Francisco.

• Detroit Wireless Project (DWP) helps maintain a number of free hotspots in downtown Detroit.

• Personal Telco Project (PTP) has over a hundred hotspots in Portland, Oregon, and has contributed to Portland’s being named the “hottest” city--or city with the most hotspots--in the United States for several years running.

• Seattle Wireless, in addition to supported hotspots around the Seattle area, has pioneered an alternative public backbone for wireless networking.

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