Editing Wi-Fi (section)

=== Influence on developing countries ===
{{See also|Long-range Wi-Fi}}

{{As of|2017}} over half the world did not have access to the Internet,<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Decker|first=Kris De|date=6 June 2017|title=Comment bâtir un internet low tech|url=http://journals.openedition.org/tc/8489|journal=Techniques & Culture. Revue semestrielle d'anthropologie des techniques|language=fr|issue=67|pages=216–235|doi=10.4000/tc.8489|s2cid=165080615|issn=0248-6016|access-date=8 May 2020|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713111307/https://journals.openedition.org/tc/8489|url-status=live}}</ref> prominently rural areas in developing nations. Technology that has been implemented in more developed nations is often costly and energy inefficient. This has led to developing nations using more low-tech networks, frequently implementing renewable power sources that can solely be maintained through [[solar power]], creating a network that is resistant to disruptions such as power outages. For instance, in 2007, a {{convert|450|km|mi|adj=on}} network between Cabo Pantoja and [[Iquitos]] in [[Peru]] was erected in which all equipment is powered only by [[solar panel]]s.<ref name=":1" /> These long-range Wi-Fi networks have two main uses: offer Internet access to populations in isolated villages, and to provide healthcare to isolated communities. In the case of the latter example, it connects the central hospital in Iquitos to 15 medical outposts which are intended for remote diagnosis.<ref name=":1" />