Editing Wi-Fi (section)

=== City-wide ===
{{Further|Municipal wireless network}}
[[File:Metro Wireless Node.jpg|thumb|An outdoor Wi-Fi access point]]

In the early 2000s, multiple cities around the world announced plans to construct citywide Wi-Fi networks. There are a number of successful examples; in 2004, [[Mysore]] (Mysuru) became India's first Wi-Fi-enabled city. A company called WiFiyNet has set up hotspots in Mysore, covering the whole city and a few nearby villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/say-hello-to-india-s-first-wirefree-city/cid/1025843|title=Say Hello to India's First Wirefree City|last=Verma|first=Veruna|date=20 August 2006|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120071302/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060820/asp/opinion/story_6632793.asp|archive-date=20 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, [[St. Cloud, Florida]] and [[Sunnyvale, California]], became the first cities in the United States to offer citywide free Wi-Fi (from [[MetroFi]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.besttech.com.tr/urun/bq100-gsm-role-kontrol/|title=Sunnyvale Uses Metro Fi|publisher=besttech.com.tr|language=tr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722113251/http://www.besttech.com.tr/urun/bq100-gsm-role-kontrol/|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Minneapolis]] has generated $1.2 million in profit annually for [[Minneapolis wireless internet network|its provider]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/business/111286134.html|title=Minneapolis moves ahead with wireless|last1=Alexander|first1=Steve|date=5 December 2010|work=[[The Star Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209140054/http://www.startribune.com/business/111286134.html|archive-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|last2=Brandt|first2=Steve}}</ref>

In May 2010, the then [[London]] mayor [[Boris Johnson]] pledged to have London-wide Wi-Fi by 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8692103.stm|title=London-wide wi-fi by 2012 pledge|date=19 May 2010|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522121915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8692103.stm|archive-date=22 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Several [[London boroughs|boroughs]] including [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] and [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtech.com/dc/118717|title=City of London Fires Up Europe's Most Advanced Wi-Fi Network|last=Bsu|first=Indrajit|date=14 May 2007|work=Digital Communities|access-date=14 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907195450/http://www.govtech.com/dc/118717|archive-date=7 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/london-gets-a-mile-of-free-wi-fi/|title=London gets a mile of free Wi-Fi|last=Wearden|first=Graeme|date=18 April 2005|work=[[ZDNet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107174238/http://www.zdnet.com/article/london-gets-a-mile-of-free-wi-fi/|archive-date=7 November 2015|url-status=live|access-date=6 January 2015}}</ref> already had extensive outdoor Wi-Fi coverage at that point.

[[New York City]] announced a city-wide campaign to convert old [[phone booths]] into [[digital kiosk]]s in 2014. The project, titled [[LinkNYC]], has created a network of kiosks that serve as public Wi-Fi hotspots, high-definition screens and [[landline]]s. Installation of the screens began in late 2015. The city government plans to implement more than seven thousand kiosks over time, eventually making LinkNYC the largest and fastest public, government-operated Wi-Fi network in the world.<ref name="Forbes-PayPhonesWifiKiosks-2014">{{cite web|last=Chowdhry|first=Amit|date=19 November 2014|title=Pay Phones In NYC To Be Replaced With Up To 10,000 Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Next Year|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/11/19/linknyc-free-wifi/#11c29eb27028|access-date=17 September 2016|website=[[Forbes]]|archive-date=22 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922212101/http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/11/19/linknyc-free-wifi/#11c29eb27028|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WNYC-GoodbyePayPhones-20162">{{cite news|last1=Gould|first1=Jessica|date=5 January 2016|title=Goodbye Pay Phones, Hello LinkNYC|work=[[WNYC]]|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/goodbye-pay-phones-hello-linknyc/|access-date=26 January 2016|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820213828/http://www.wnyc.org/story/goodbye-pay-phones-hello-linknyc/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WashingtonPost-PayphoneOfTheFuture-2014">{{cite news|date=17 November 2014|title=New York City unveils the pay phone of the future{{snd}}and it does a whole lot more than make phone calls|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/17/new-york-city-unveils-the-payphone-of-the-future-and-it-does-a-whole-lot-more-than-make-phone-calls/|access-date=17 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919171319/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/17/new-york-city-unveils-the-payphone-of-the-future-and-it-does-a-whole-lot-more-than-make-phone-calls/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYCGov-MayorAnnouncesWinner-20142">{{cite news|date=17 November 2014|title=De Blasio Administration Announces Winner of Competition to Replace Payphones with Five-Borough Wi-Fi Network|work=[[nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[Government of New York City]]|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/923-14/de-blasio-administration-winner-competition-replace-payphones-five-borough|access-date=17 November 2014|archive-date=7 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607153357/http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/923-14/de-blasio-administration-winner-competition-replace-payphones-five-borough|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYDailyNews-PayphonesReplaced-20162">{{cite news|last1=Alba|first1=Alejandro|date=5 January 2016|title=New York to start replacing payphones with Wi-Fi kiosks|work=[[New York Daily News]]|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-york-start-replacing-payphone-wi-fi-kiosks-article-1.2485429|access-date=26 January 2016|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624191512/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-york-start-replacing-payphone-wi-fi-kiosks-article-1.2485429|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[UK]] has planned a similar project across major cities of the country, with the project's first implementation in the [[London Borough of Camden]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCormick|first=Rich|date=25 October 2016|title=Link brings its free public Wi-Fi booths from New York to London|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/25/13401348/link-public-wi-fi-kiosk-london|access-date=25 July 2021|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226145341/http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/25/13401348/link-public-wi-fi-kiosk-london|url-status=live}}</ref>

Officials in South Korea's capital [[Seoul]] were moving to provide free Internet access at more than 10,000 locations around the city, including outdoor public spaces, major streets, and densely populated residential areas. Seoul was planning to grant leases to KT, [[LG]] Telecom, and SK Telecom. The companies were supposed to invest $44 million in the project, which was to be completed in 2015.<ref name="Voice of America">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/06/15/seoul-moves-to-provide-free-city-wide-wifi-service/|title=Seoul Moves to Provide Free City-Wide WiFi Service|date=15 June 2011|website=[[Voice of America]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110050549/http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/06/15/seoul-moves-to-provide-free-city-wide-wifi-service/|archive-date=10 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>{{update inline|date=September 2023}}