Where is the world's Wi-Fi?

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The United States dominates the data, with more than 50 million Wi-Fi networks identified – considerably more than the next highest country, Germany, which has almost 9 million networks.

In the US, California has the most wireless networks, at over 6 million, followed by Texas. The East Coast and specifically New York state has a high density of networks, with more than 2 million identified – that's more than the entire sum of networks identified in Australia.

As this map shows, in metropolitan areas of the US the Wi-Fi density contrasts starkly with the number of connections in more rural states.

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While some parts of the world have an abundance of Wi-Fi networks, Africa is lagging behind. Only around one in 10 African households had internet access in 2015, compared with over 80% of European countries. And while a United Nations report on global connectivity estimates that almost half of the world’s population will have accessed the internet in 2015, this figure falls to less than 10% for the least developed countries.

African countries also pay considerably more for broadband in comparison with more developed countries. Africans pay 178% of per capital gross national income for access, a huge jump from the next highest area, Asia Pacific, where broadband costs only 16% of GNI. This goes down to 1.3% for Europe.

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This article seems to be confusing wifi networks with the internet. A wifi network is simply a convenient way to access the internet, however wifi networks are used for other purposes than just accessing the internet.

 

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This article seems to be confusing wifi networks with the internet. A wifi network is simply a convenient way to access the internet, however wifi networks are used for other purposes than just accessing the internet.

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