1  Cover

      2  Series Title

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright Page

      5  Figures

      6  Acknowledgements

      7  1 Why Wi-Fi Matters Why Wi-Fi? Wi-Fi through past and present Wi-Fi is a brand Wi-Fi combines new and old technologies Wi-Fi’s histories are diverse and contested Overview of chapters

      8  2 Infrastructure What is an infrastructure? Wi-Fi is self-provided Spectrum as infrastructure Wi-Fi hardware and its precursors Wi-Fi standards Wi-Fi infrastructure and development Conclusion

      9  3 Home The domestication of Wi-Fi Imagination Appropriation Objectification Incorporation Conversion The connected home Conclusion – Wi-Fi and the domestication and transformation of the home

      10  4 Community Community Community infrastructure cooperatives The rise of community networks Warchalking Community Wi-Fi as open infrastructure Community innovation Community informatics Mesh networks The limits of community-based Wi-Fi networks Community governance and Wi-Fi Conclusion

      11  5 City Communication technologies and the city in history Device portability and the diffusion of city Wi-Fi Cafés and the social life of Wi-Fi The politics and economics of city Wi-Fi The promise of public Wi-Fi for access and equity Wi-Fi and smart cities Conclusion

      12  6 Problems, Prospects, Possibilities Wi-Fi in the short run Wi-Fi in the long run Wi-Fi’s social futures?

      13  Bibliography

      14  Index

      15  End User License Agreement

      1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 A mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, provided by the Australian internet network operator NBN...Figure 1.2 Internet everywhere: public Wi-Fi, Talinn, Estonia. Source: authors...Figure 1.3 Square at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Source: F1 online digitale ...

      2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Nikola Tesla holding a gas-filled phosphor-coated wireless light bulb circa ...Figure 2.2 ALOHA terminal control unit, 1971. Source: Schwartz and Abramson (2009, p...Figure 2.3 Apple AirPort base station. © Mark Richards. Source: The Computer ...

      3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 ‘Signal Code of Trampdom’, in the Kendrick Gazette (Kendric...Figure 4.2 Warchalking symbols. Top to bottom: open node, closed node, WEP node, mesh node. ...Figure 4.3 ‘Another view of Cantenna II’. Source: Flickr/lungstruck li...

      4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Immaterials: Light Painting WiFi (2011). Source: