Wireless Leiden: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
m Dating maintenance tags: {{Notability}} |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Primary sources|date=December 2008}} |
{{Primary sources|date=December 2008}} |
||
{{notability}} |
{{notability|date=September 2011}} |
||
'''Wireless Leiden''' is a [[wireless community network]] in [[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]. |
'''Wireless Leiden''' is a [[wireless community network]] in [[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]. |
||
Revision as of 12:04, 29 September 2011
 |
 | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. (September 2011) |
Wireless Leiden is a wireless community network in Leiden, Netherlands.
The Wireless Leiden Foundation (founded in 2002) has set up a WiFi Wireless network in Leiden (the Netherlands), only with the help of volunteers, with some financial support by sponsors. The network is maintained completely by volunteers.
The network is accessible free for everybody who wants to use it. This is possible because there are no expenses of any importance, as the volunteers who build and maintain the network do not receive any payment for their contribution and - as said - the materials needed are being donated. The software used in the network is completely open source. Internet provider Demon Internet, donates free Internet to the foundation, which makes it possible for the users to access the Internet over the network. The Internet connection is - however - limited to the downloading of web pages. The network can be used - and is being used - for instance in homes, schools and public buildings (like libraries). In many places in Leiden it is advisable to use an external antenna. In the city center, however, on most places a laptop is enough to access the network. Wireless Leiden has one of the most advanced community WiFi networks in the world. {Rob Flickenger (2003) "Building wireless community networks", blz. 127, O'Reilly, ISBN 0-596-00502-4}
Wolter Lemstra, Vic Hayes and John Groenewegen of TU Delft have written a book "The Innovation Journey of Wi-FI" about the development of WiFi, in close cooperation with a large number of contributors, showing how Wi-Fi has become a worldwide standard for mobile communication. There are chapters about Wireless Leiden, as an example of a Wi-Fi based community network and about Wi-Fi as a 'community based innovation' using Wireless Leiden as case study.
The book "The Innovation Journey of Wi-FI" has been published by Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-19971-1.
" Stefan Verhaegh of Technical University Twente has analysed the "Wireless Leiden" case in his PhD thesis called "How Community Innovation Works", with the subtitle "A Material-Semiotic Analysis of the Wireless Leiden Wi-Fi Network".