New York City:   Marcos R. Lara, vice president of product management for Open Air Communications, decided to determine the number of wireless access points in Manhattan.  He accomplished this feat by simply driving and walking around the island counting the number of times his computer accessed a new network.  His goal in this experiment was to find hot wide spread Wi-Fi use was in New York.  At the end of the experiment, Lara was amazed at the number of access points he discovered and wondered at the ability to capitalize with advertising in the forum (Batista, 2002).  Lara found 12,647 access points on the Manhattan island alone.  While some were pay for service, the majority were free and without any limitations.  All that one had to was simply have a wireless card and a computer.  Lara said, “It kept going.  I was looking for a way to stop,” (Batista, 2002).  Lara was delighted to discover this great infrastructure.  He believes that all one needs to do now is connect them together.  Connecting each infrastructure together is where problems arise.  Each system is privately owned, either by a business, individual or another entity.  Lara believes that instead of continually building new networks, the existing ones should be open to the public.  Whether this should be a fee service is still debatable.  “When I saw this map, it was obvious there was already a deployed infrastructure.  If we can just connect it and get it to operate under one umbrella, everyone in the city can have instant wireless internet access,” (Batista, 2002).  Currently, connecting these systems is not possible because of security measures.  But Lara believes that his idea is possible.  When discussing this point, Lara refers to the network currently being put into play by Sprint PCS.  allowing its users to roam on other wireless networks without having to pay roaming charges.  Doing this allows a much broader access for its clients.  Lara believes that this is a start to a much larger wireless network (Batista, 2002).Of the wireless networks existing, only 60 percent have even basic encryption.  This allows for anyone who knows computer networks to “hack” into the server.   Security has been and will always be a major issue with individuals.  Before networks can be opened to the public, the public must be assured of their security.  When this is accomplished, large Wi-Fi networks will be available to the public.  New York is an example of how a city can become wireless.  With infrastructures already in place and constantly growing, creating a completely wireless city is not that far fetched.  It simply takes more researching and additional brainstorming.  New York should be a model of how other cities can create successful networks.