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<h1>History of OpenWISP</h1>
<p>
In the summer of 2008 the Province of Rome decided to start a free public Wi-Fi
network to be spread over its 5352 SQ KM territory including Rome and 120 other
cities for a total of about 4.5 million inhabitants. The main objective of the
project, called <b>ProvinciaWiFi</b> (later renamed
<a href="http://www.cittametropolitanaroma.gov.it/homepage/elenco-siti-tematici/wifimetropolitano/" target="_blank">WiFi Metropolitano</a>),
was to take a decisive step to reduce the existing digital divide by fostering
and facilitating the use of ICT by citizens.
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From the outset it was decided to commit the project to
a completely open philosophy</strong>.
For this reason a clear choice towards open software and operating
systems and the availability of every modification, update and improvement
to the community was made. The same approach was adopted for the knowledge
and the experience acquired within the project. In order to pursue this goals
the Province of Rome called the university consortium CASPUR to develop
the technical solution. In this context, a research project conducted by the
CASPUR consortium found its perfect application.
This project proposed an innovative methodology for the distribution of networks
(more precisely Virtual LANs used for Wi-Fi connectivity) between
geographically distant sites.
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The methodology adopted made it possible to <strong>host public connectivity services
on non-dedicated network infrastructures (e.g.: private xDSL) that for technical
and legal reasons could not be used as such</strong>.
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This is not the sole advantage that the architecture developed by CASPUR and
called at that moment OpenWISP, ensured to the Provinciawifi project:
embracing the resource-sharing philosophy – typical of "open" projects
– anyone can contribute to the network expansion simply by hosting an
access point.
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The benefits of the collaboration between the Province of Rome and CASPUR
were not late to arrive: just after two months (i.e. December 2008) there
were more than 50 hot-spots dislocated on the entire territory of the Province.
Such a feature would have been practically impossible for the common architectures used
for Wi-Fi networking, given the very rigid Italian regulatory laws in this matter.
In the course of 2009, a fundamental year for Provinciawifi network growth,
the expansion requirements in terms of number of access points and increasing amount
of service users, made it necessary to develop appropriate software tools to improve
the simplicity and speed of Provinciawifi network management.
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OpenWISP allowed the network to grow to include nearly 1000 active hotspots
by March 2012 with the projection to grow to over 1200 by the end of 2012.
</p>
<p><strong>Today a very high number of public wifi networks in the world are managed
with OpenWISP</strong>; a limited number of these public wifi networks that are
located in Italy are visible at
<a href="https://opendata.publicwifi.it/" target="_blank">opendata.publicwifi.it</a>
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<strong>The software tools and the architectures, as previously decided, are now
being released to the public free of charge with open-source licenses and
as a complete stand alone open source project: OpenWISP</strong>.
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<h1>The evolution of OpenWISP</h1>
<p>
By the year 2015, the networks managed via OpenWISP have grown and evolved:
a lot of new feature requests were pushed in the development pipeline to
accommodate their needs, but unfortunately adding new features to the
existing software was an extremely challenging and daunting task.
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For this reason a new version of OpenWISP was started, which aimed
at improving areas in which the first version did not excel:
reusability, modularity, flexibility, documentation, programmability,
security, community contributions, and international focus rather than Italian focus.
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The new version started to look more and more like a
<strong>Network Management System</strong> (rather than a
public wifi only solution) and its focus on modular development,
extensibility and good developer documentation enabled developers
and engineers from all over the world to reuse its core modules
and create new derivatives.
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Thanks to this huge effort, the project can now be used by a wider
range of people and <strong>its usage has increased greatly in emerging
countries which are just starting to expand their internet
infrastructure in remote and rural areas</strong>.
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<h2>Who is using OpenWISP?</h2>
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Many organizations and institutions are using OpenWISP for their Wi-Fi networks, some of these are:
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Città Metropolitana di Roma - <a href="http://www.cittametropolitanaroma.gov.it/wifimetropolitano" target="_blank">WiFi Metropolitano</a>
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Consorzio Romawireless - <a href="http://www.romawireless.com/comefunziona.htm" target="_blank">Romawireless</a>
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Università di Urbino - <a href="https://www.uniurb.it/it/portale/?mist_id=23880&lang=IT&tipo=S5&page=3166" target="_blank">Uniurb</a></li>
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Comune di Torino - <a href="http://www.comune.torino.it/" target="_blank">FreeTorinoWiFi</a>
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Comune di Rosignano - <a href="http://www.comune.rosignano.livorno.it" target="_blank">Rosignanowifi</a>
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Regione Sardegna - <a href="http://www.regione.sardegna.it/j/v/25&s=136921&v=2&c=248&t=1" target="_blank">Surfinsardinia</a>
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Provincia di Prato - <a href="http://www.pratowifi.provincia.prato.it/" target="_blank">Pratowifi</a>
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Provincia di Gorizia - <a href="http://www.provincia.gorizia.it/custom/sez_cms.php?menu_id=609428" target="_blank">ProvinciaGoriziaWiFi</a>
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Provincia di Grosseto - <a href="http://www.provincia.grosseto.it/pages/mm7872.jsp" target="_blank">Maremmawifi</a>
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Provincia di Pistoia - <a href="http://www.provincia.pistoia.it/wi-fi/index.html" target="_blank">Pistoiawifi</a>
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Provincia di Frosinone - <a href="http://www.provincia.fr.it/" target="_blank">FrosinoneFreeWiFi</a>
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Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia - <a href="http://www.fvgwifi.it/" target="_blank">FVGWiFi</a>
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Provincia di Brescia - <a href="http://www.freewifibresciagov.it/" target="_blank">FreeWiFiBresciaGov</a>
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Regione Piemonte - <a href="http://www.freepiemontewifi.it/" target="_blank">FreePiemonteWiFi</a>
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Consorzio Terre Cablate - <a href="ihttp://www.consorzioterrecablate.it/" target="_blank">TerreDiSienaWiFi</a>
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Polesine TLC - <a href="https://www.polesinefreewifi.it/" target="_blank">PolesineFreeWifi</a>
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Comune di Ercolano - <a href="https://www.comune.ercolano.na.it/tecnologia/-/asset_publisher/Sae0y8XwrNpS/content/attiva-la-rete-wifi-comunale-gratuita" target="_blank">Ercolano Free-Wi-Fi</a>
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HotSpot Pavia - <a href="http://www.comune.pv.it/site/home/articolo13768.html" target="_blank">HotSpot Pavia</a>
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Comune di Bari - <a href="http://www.comune.bari.it/portal/page/portal/barigov/gas/bari/?idscheda=AAARX9AAcAAAHEiAAB&tipogas=1&nav=elenco" target="_blank">BariWireless</a>
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