New Study on Who is Building Large Networks
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Apparently there is method to the madness of the sudden boom of large Wireless Networks springing up all over the place. The Wi-Fi Networking News reports that the University of Georgia’s New Media Consortium recently did a study to determine what was up with the Wi-Fi Networks popping up all over the US.
The University of Georgia’s New Media Consortium recently conducted a study examining large Wi-Fi deployments in the United States: The study differentiates between what it calls Wi-Fi clouds, which have continuous coverage and Wi-Fi zones, which offer interrupted coverage. The researchers found 38 clouds and 16 zones. The study examines who owns the networks and what the owners hope to gain from building the networks. It’s a thorough report on the intentions of hotspot builders today.