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  2. Near-me area network - Wikipedia

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    Common types include local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN), and wide area networks (WAN). Local area networks have the coverage of a small geographic area, such as a school, residence, building, or company. [4] [5] [6] Metropolitan area networks cover a larger area, such as a city or state. Wide area networks provide ...

  3. Municipal wireless network - Wikipedia

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    Almere - free municipal Wi-Fi covering Downtown Almere [55] Hilversum - free municipal Wi-Fi covering Downtown Hilversum [56] and the shopping area around de Gijsbrecht van Amstelstraat in the southern part of town; Leiden - free, community project covering city and region by Wireless Leiden [57]

  4. Local area network - Wikipedia

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    A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a single physical location. It is the most common type of computer network, used in homes and buildings including offices or schools, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] for sharing data and devices between each other, including Internet access .

  5. Wi-Fi positioning system - Wikipedia

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    Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS, WiPS or WFPS) is a geolocation system that uses the characteristics of nearby Wi‑Fi access points to discover where a device is located. [1]It is used where satellite navigation such as GPS is inadequate due to various causes including multipath and signal blockage indoors, or where acquiring a satellite fix would take too long.

  6. Wireless LAN - Wikipedia

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    This notebook computer is connected to a wireless access point using a PC Card wireless card. An example of a Wi-Fi network. A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building.

  7. Skyhook Wireless - Wikipedia

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    Skyhook was founded in 2003 by Ted Morgan and Michael Shean. [1] Skyhook's database was initially gathered through wardriving, [2] when the company sent teams of drivers around the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and selected Asian countries to map out Wi-Fi hotspots.

  8. Municipal broadband - Wikipedia

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    A final model is a provision of all layers of service, such as in Chaska, Minnesota, where the city has built and operated a Wi-Fi Internet network that provides email and web hosting applications. These different models involve different public-private partnership arrangements, and varying levels of opportunity for private sector competition.

  9. Wireless community network - Wikipedia

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    The Freifunk-Initiative installing Wi‑Fi antennas in Berlin-Kreuzberg in 2013.. Wireless community networks or wireless community projects or simply community networks, are non-centralized, self-managed and collaborative networks organized in a grassroots fashion by communities, non-governmental organizations and cooperatives in order to provide a viable alternative to municipal wireless ...