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Is Grand Haven the first city wide WiFi network in the world?

April 26, 2017city Grand HAVEN Network wide wifi world

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Is Grand Haven the first city wide WiFi network in the world?

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Grand Haven is the first city-wide WiFi network to be operated commercially, but it is not the very first city-wide WiFi network in the world. The first city was Zamora, Spain, where several U.S.-based technology companies participated in a semi-secret pilot, deploying 300 WiFi antennas across 80% of the city by the end of 2002. The Grand Haven network, however, uses many advanced technologies that were not yet available when the Zamora WiFi network was built.