the concept of turning an entire city into a Wireless Access Zone, with the ultimate goal of making wireless access to the Internet a universal service. This is usually done by providing municipal broadband via Wi-Fi to large parts or all of a municipal area by deploying a wireless mesh network. The typical deployment design uses hundreds of routers deployed outdoors, often on poles. The operator of the network acts as a wireless internet service provider.
many smaller cities and even rural counties are going ahead with their own plans for municipal, public Wi-Fi. the lack of high-speed Internet connectivity or a lack of competition, allowing a single provider to charge high fees for services that many need for their small businesses and agribusinesses.
the predominant economic model today is for the municipality to guarantee a minimum annual contract for municipal services to provide an economic anchor for the network. It then can sell excess connectivity to businesses and private individuals.
Wi-Fi has more capacity than cellular digital, and second, it's cheap -- you don't have to pay every month for all those connections.a municipal Wi-Fi pioneer, ambulances send live medical readings directly from medical monitors to the hospital via the Wi-Fi system as they transport.