Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Sharing Wireless Internet in Urban Neighbourhoods

  • Conference paper
Communities and Technologies 2007

Abstract

Over the last decade, Internet use in countries around the world has grown dramatically. This is especially true in Canadian cities, and Canada is widely acknowledged as having strong broadband penetration rates (Frieden 2005; Wu 2004). Residential households are increasingly adopting Internet technology and using it in their daily activities. In large urban centres, Internet usage rates approach 80%, overwhelmingly via broadband connections (Statistics Canada 2006). Users commonly report using the Internet for many facets of their lives, including communication, entertainment, and information-seeking in the home, at work, and at school (Dryburgh 2001).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Andersen, E. (2003). Genesis of an anthill: wireless technology and self-organizing systems. Ubiquity, 3(49).

    Google Scholar 

  • Battiti, R. Cigno, R.L., Sabel, M., Orava, F. & Pehrson, B. (2005). Wireless LANs: from WarChalking to open access networks. Mobile Networks and Applications, 10(3).

    Google Scholar 

  • Bina, M., & Giaglis, G. M. (2006, June 12–14). A Motivation and Effort Model for Members of Wireless Communities. Paper presented at the 14th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Göteborg, Sweden.

    Google Scholar 

  • Casalegno, F. (2001). On cybersocialities: Networked communication and social interaction in the wired city of Blacksburg, VA, USA. Telematics and Informatics, 18(1), pg. 17–34.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Damsgaard, J., Parikh, M. & Rao, B. (2006). Wireless commons perils in the common good. Communications of the ACM, 49(2).

    Google Scholar 

  • Dryburgh, H. (2001). Changing Our Ways: Why and How Canadians Use the Internet. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 56F0006XIE. Retrieved August 12, 2006, from:http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/56F0006XIE/ 56F0006XIE.pdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Foth, M. (2006). Facilitating social networking in inner-city neighborhoods. IEEE Computer, 39(9), pg. 44–50.

    Google Scholar 

  • Freeman, L.C. (1965). Elementary Applied Statistics: For Students in Behavioral Science. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

    Google Scholar 

  • Frieden, R. (1997). Widespread deployment of wireless telephony: Business, legal, regulatory and spectrum challenges. Telecommunications Policy, 21(5).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gaved, M.B. & Foth, M. (2006). More than wires, pipes and ducts: Some lessons from grassroots initiated networked communities and master-planned neighbourhoods. In R. Meersman, Z. Tari & P. Herrero (Eds.), Proceedings OTM (OnTheMove) Workshops 2006 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science No. 4277, pp. 171–180). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Goth, G. (2005). Municipal wireless networks open new access and old debates. IEEE Internet Computing, 9(3).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gibbons, J. & Ruth, S. (2006). Municipal Wi-Fi: Big wave or wipeout? IEEE Internet Computing, 10(3), pg. 66–71.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hampton, K. & Wellman, B. 92003). Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet supports community and social capital in a wired suburb. City and Community, 2(4), pg.277–311.

    Google Scholar 

  • James, J. (2001). Low-cost computing and related ways of overcoming the global digital divide. Journal of Information Science, 27(6).

    Google Scholar 

  • Kahneman, D. & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47(2), pg.263–292.

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  • Kavanaugh, A., Carroll, J.M., Rosson, M.B. Reese, D.D. & Zin, T.T. (2005). Participating in civil society: the case of networked communities. Interacting with Computers, 17(1), pg.9–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lentz, R.G. (1998). Corporations vs. communities: Evolution of wireless services in the US and the devolution of local control. Telecommunications Policy, 22(10).

    Google Scholar 

  • Mahmud, S.A., Khan, S., Khan, S. & Al-Raweshidy, H. (2006). A Comparison of MANETs and WMNs: Commercial Feasibility of Community Wireless Networks and MANETs. Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Access networks.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pae, J.H. & Hyun, J.S. (2006). Technology advancement strategy on patronage decisions: The role of switching costs in high-technology markets. Omega, 34(1), pg. 19–27.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Potter, B. (2006). Hacking and innovation: Wireless hotspots: Petri dish of wireless security. Communications of the ACM, 49(6).

    Google Scholar 

  • Rogers, E.M. (2003). Diffusion of Innovations. 5th ed. New York: Simon and Shuster

    Google Scholar 

  • Sandvig, C. (2004). An initial assessment of cooperative action in Wi-Fi networking. Telecommunications Policy, 28 (7–8).

    Google Scholar 

  • Schmidt, T. & Townsend, A. (2003). Why Wi-Fi wants to be free. Communications of the ACM, 46(5).

    Google Scholar 

  • Shah, R.C. & Sandvig, C. (2005). Software Defaults as De Facto Regulation: The Case of Wireless APs. Paper presented to the 33rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arlington, Virginia, USA, September 23, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2006, from: http://web.si.umich.edu/tprc/papers/2005/427/TPRC%20Wireless%20Defaults.pdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Tapia, A.H. & Ortiz, J.A. (2006). Municipal Responses to State-Level Broadband Internet Policy. Paper presented at the 34th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Retrieved November 10, 2006, from: http://web.si.umich.edu/tprc/papers/2006/554/TPRCfinal_pdf.pdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Tully, J. & Riekstins, A. (1999). License-free wireless internet access technologies. Computer Networks, 31(21).

    Google Scholar 

  • Varshney, U. & Vetter, R. (2000). Emerging mobile and wireless networks. Communications of the ACM, 43(6).

    Google Scholar 

  • Vos, E. (2005). MuniWireless.com Second Anniversary Report, July 2005. Unpublished report. Retrieved August 25, 2005, from: http://muniwireless.com/reports/docs/July2005report.pdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Wu, I. (2004). Canada, South Korea, Netherlands and Sweden: Regulatory implications of the convergence of telecommunications, broadcasting and Internet services. Telecommunications Policy, 28(1).

    Google Scholar 

  • Zaltman, G. (2003). How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard Business School Press.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Toronto, Canada

    Matthew Wong & Andrew Clement

Authors
  1. Matthew Wong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Andrew Clement
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Charles Steinfield

  2. Department of Accounting and Information Systems The Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Brian T. Pentland

  3. School of Information and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Mark Ackerman

  4. Department of Speech Communication, Department of Psychology, and the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Noshir Contractor

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2007 Springer-Verlag London Limited

About this paper

Cite this paper

Wong, M., Clement, A. (2007). Sharing Wireless Internet in Urban Neighbourhoods. In: Steinfield, C., Pentland, B.T., Ackerman, M., Contractor, N. (eds) Communities and Technologies 2007. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_15

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_15

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-84628-904-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-84628-905-7

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation