Hey Guys, I've been thinking more about World Wi-Fi and what they're trying to do, which is to provide free public wi-fi across a majority of the globe. I've thought a bit about their business model and the way it will be more effective than past/current attempts. There are attempts at providing free Wi-Fi in some areas of the world, but there are a few glaring problems with them:
- Speed has notoriously been a problem with past attempts because of the large number of users who connect at the same time and the weakness of the public networks in relation to that number of users.
- The Areas Covered Aren't Broad Because Of The Lack Of Incentive In Areas
World Wi-Fi addresses these problems by incentivizing the running of private routers allowing the public access to free Wi-Fi through providing financial incentive to Router providers for ad impressions on their network. This addresses the problems in the following ways:
- Speed: Because users are paid based on their ad impressions, they have a reason to ensure adequate/competitive speed for their router. If a Router Host doesn't have adequate speed, users will choose to use other routers in the area. This will ensure that speed remains reasonable on the network.
- Geographic Disparity: The direct economic incentive to host routers will encourage people in broadly spanning different regions to host Routers and provide access to users.
I think that what World Wi-Fi is doing could be really big if they can implement all of the objectives in the roadmap that they have. You can find the details of their Roadmap in their whitepaper at:
I wouldn't mind having to watch a few ads a day if i got to have a decently stable internet connection. I'm from Venezuela and today marks the 30th day of my main internet connection being down, i have been using phone data for the last 30 days because my ISPs incompetence on the matter...
So i support 100% every single project and company trying to establish a world wide internet connection, if it runs at atleast 5mbits per second, it would already be 5x of what my current ISP provides (which is nothing right now because the connection is dead).
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AMEN TO THAT! Your story is a SHINING example of the power of this project! Thank you for sharing! :)
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Exactly! 15 days ago i created a post basically complaining and venting out the dread of the situation, imagine today, that i am on the 30th day mark and the incompetent company has not even shown their faces to try and fix the problem.
And its not only me but thousands of people just in my country and millions across the world, even if i had to watch 1 ad or 2 ads every hour i would be ok with that.
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thanks for the update, i think this is a really good project ... if they can pull it of, like you said speed has always been the issue when a lot of people are connected at the same time. hoping for the best
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When is the ico going live??
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Hey @premkumarroy, it is currently live; I believe it ends in mid-May with the roadmap showing exchange listings for mid/late June.
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just hearing of this, been waiting for such a project, its going to be a total game changer. thanks for the info @biddle
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Thank you for a great read on @world.wi-fi!
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The Internet in the whole world suffers from problems in cutting in weakness
I traveled to Egypt and to other countries and found that the problems of the Internet are everywhere
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Really it is very interesting and good project hope in future it will be become reality I 100% sure
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interesting project..it will be beneficial for internet users.keep it up.
thanks for sharing and wish you good luck
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I have invested in several ICOs, but this looks something that cannot be avoided. Gonna read the whitepaper soon.
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World wifi is such a wonder in new age. It comes the world more closer. 🌍📱..... we get huge advantage. Thanks sir for your valuable content.
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That is really great subject. On one hand, the owner of router would definately have to have very strong signal which would be expensive. On other hand, if he gets paid with net profit, it definitely makes sense. There is a drawback in this whole WiFi idea. At the end the humans would be like in the microwave with all these WiFi signals.
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This is an interesting project! Hopefully it will become a reality.
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If this is carefully executed, it would solve a whole lot of problems. I personally would want to benefit from such project even if it means watching a couple of ads along. I only wish that this gesture reach out to those who really needs it. In previous attempt, I have seen some companies take this services to places where people already have interment services instead of taking them to villages and communities which really needs internet connection.
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Feasible proposals and lets hope these suggestions are implemented so as to resolve this global issue of slow speed internet.
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haha yes, so doggo meme transmissions across the web don't look like the above picture. ;)
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Yes, you pointed an practical issue and that is slow Internet Connections and prices are high too, that's why many people can't afford it. And as you said these Free WiFi will cover most of the globe then possibly it will reduce the slow Internet connection issues. And i am looking forward towards these type of projects. Thanks for sharing and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂
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This is a great model i hope it will be working like that real soon
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If really they can implement the things it will be great...
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Even if this is looking a major issue right now or something that is imaginative not being practised worldwide but in near future world will be so much dependent on the internet that it would become the among the major projects internationally.
Lets us see what happens every on÷ is eager and the youth is trying to give theor best to make everything go easy....hope for the best..
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Hi @biddle , making wi-fi free for all will expand the possibilities for everyone in the globe that still don't have access to the internet. This will be a huge project. Thanks for sharing this great business model.
Many underdeveloped countries will truly benefit if they can get this service.
Regards, @gold84
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Exactly! You're very welcome! :)
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That sound amazing i think it's will make the internet much better for so many people
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Yes, speed is necessary. It also wouldn't take long before the issue of security comes up.an open access wifi isn't advisable for doing private stuff, transactions etc
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Good point, security is huge. I think they touch upon security in their whitepaper, but I don't recall exactly the way they're handling it. I'm going to take a look!
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Awesome, it would be interesting to see how it's handled
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I really like this idea.
And i wouldn't mind watching like 1-3 ads a day for the greater good :)
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i heard about similar project Google are doing is this the same or this is a different project?
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Hi @allmywordsforu, I'm not familiar with it? Can I have some more detail?
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This project has really got my interest, many of the bigs have tried and failed in free internet for the world. The like of zuck , gates. This would be one hell of a statement for the crypto and blockchain community if it's gotten right
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The road map looks solid, hope they can get this done 😀
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Great post sir.
Its really very informative post.
Very well articulated.
Nice content.
It's so important to know about "The Private Provisioning Of Free Wi-Fi For the World And Its Benefits".🤗
Thanks @biddle sir for sharing this post.
Upvoted + resteemed your post.
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Thank you for reviewing World Wi-Fi project! Keep up doing great work!
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If really they can implement the things what
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I know wi-fi project will be awesome. Thanks for given details of interesting project.
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I guess Wi-fi project being beneficiary one in blockchain. Everyone attend there. Steem on.
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Exactly @biddle
free worldwide internet has exactly the same issues so this idea badly flopped. hope this new model will do better
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I Really like your solutions to the problem
This should really work with these fixes
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really helfull post no dout.now the wporld seem to internet based,
its great help for present world
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no doubt people will benefit alot
it will be a revolution
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This will be great if implemented.
Thanks for the information.
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