Municipal Wi-FiMunicipal Wi-Fi generally refers to the perception of turning an entire city or region into a wireless access zone with the goal of making wireless Internet access a service universal (Delta and Matsuura 17) . Municipal Wi-Fi in most cases is implemented in a large part of the municipal territory or in its entirety using a wireless mesh network, which uses hundreds of external routers on light poles. Recently, there have been fights over whether municipal Wi-Fi should be built, as efforts to provide it for free have proven futile. This leads to the question of whether municipal Wi-Fi should be pursued. If so, should it be left to the private sector, the government, or both? This document attempts to answer these questions. In some cases, private companies have worked closely with local governments to build, operate and finance these network services. In other rare cases, governments have provided these Internet services themselves or outsourced them to private companies. But for all three forms, i.e. governmental, private and collaborative, access to the Internet is allowed to the public free of charge or at a subsidized rate. Wi-Fi services are economical for the community, as they provide Internet services as a utility for the entire community. community rather than focusing on a few individuals. They are also much cheaper than having individual businesses and families pay private companies to acquire Internet network services, which in this case are made available to the community for free or at very low rates. In addition to the economic benefit, Wi-Fi technology is also capable of improving the management and public safety of a municipality, especially if used directly. Furthermore, Wi-Fi is seen as a social......middle of paper......experienced when using it. In addition to having the ability to withstand harsh weather conditions like Hurricane Katrina, municipal Wi-Fi also provides free accessible Internet to voters. High operational costs can be minimized if government and private companies collaborate to provide Wi-Fi services. Works citedAurigi, Alessandro and Fiorella Cindio. Augmented urban spaces: articulation of the physical and electronic city. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2008. Print.Delta, George and Jeffrey Matsuura. Internet Law: Volume 1. New York, NY: Aspen Publishers, 2011. Print.Giannattasio, George. A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK). Hoboken, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 2009. Print.Nichols, Russel. “How to Make Municipal Wi-Fi Work.” Govtech.com. Govtech.com., January 12, 2010. Web. September 22 2011.