<s>
Google	B-Application
WiFi	I-Application
is	O
a	O
municipal	O
wireless	O
network	O
deployed	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
entirely	O
funded	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
installed	O
primarily	O
on	O
Mountain	O
View	O
lightposts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
had	O
committed	O
to	O
keeping	O
the	O
service	O
free	O
until	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
service	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
on	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
at	O
their	O
Mountain	O
View	O
base	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
a	O
new	O
public	O
outdoor	O
WiFi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
used	O
over	O
500	O
Tropos	O
Networks	O
MetroMesh	O
routers	O
acting	O
as	O
access	O
points	O
mounted	O
primarily	O
on	O
utility	O
poles	O
providing	O
usable	O
signal	O
and	O
broadband	O
internet	O
access	O
to	O
over	O
95%	O
of	O
the	O
city	O
's	O
area	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
radios	O
in	O
the	O
access	O
points	O
offer	O
both	O
GoogleWiFi	B-Application
(	O
which	O
has	O
no	O
encryption	O
)	O
and	O
GoogleWiFiSecure	O
(	O
which	O
uses	O
WPA	O
to	O
encrypt	O
the	O
over-the-air	O
traffic	O
)	O
service	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
identifiers	I-General_Concept
(	O
SSID	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
WiFi	I-Application
only	O
requires	O
its	O
end	O
users	O
have	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Account	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
free	O
virtual	B-Application
private	I-Application
network	I-Application
(	O
VPN	B-Application
)	O
software	O
client	O
called	O
Google	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Access	I-Application
(	O
GSA	O
)	O
and	O
maintains	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
other	O
recommended	O
third-party	O
VPN	B-Application
software	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
a	O
residential	B-Application
gateway	I-Application
,	O
the	O
network	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
network	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
(	O
NAT	O
)	O
:	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
routable	O
IP	B-Protocol
Address	I-Protocol
from	O
a	O
DHCP	B-Protocol
pool	O
with	O
a	O
one-hour	O
"	O
DHCP	B-Protocol
lease	O
"	O
under	O
the	O
DNS	O
domain	O
wifi.google.com	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
client	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mobile	O
laptop	O
user	O
can	O
roam	O
through	O
Mountain	O
View	O
and	O
maintain	O
the	O
same	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
for	O
at	O
least	O
the	O
one-hour	O
lease	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2005	O
and	O
the	O
service	O
went	O
live	O
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
WiFi	I-Application
was	O
available	O
throughout	O
most	O
of	O
Mountain	O
View	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mountain	O
View	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
city	O
has	O
received	O
many	O
complaints	O
in	O
recent	O
months	O
regarding	O
the	O
performance	O
and	O
reliability	O
of	O
the	O
free	O
Google	B-Application
Wi-Fi	O
system	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
particularly	O
at	O
our	O
library.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
at	O
the	O
library	O
do	O
not	O
use	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
WiFi	O
connection	O
but	O
rather	O
the	O
wired	O
ethernet	O
connections	O
that	O
the	O
library	O
makes	O
available	O
at	O
many	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
believes	O
that	O
video	O
streaming	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
saturates	O
its	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
Starbucks	B-Application
began	O
replacing	O
AT&T	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Wi-Fi	O
in	O
its	O
7,000	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
switch	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
is	O
incomplete	O
in	O
many	O
stores	O
including	O
most	O
stores	O
in	O
major	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
Google	B-Application
planned	O
to	O
turn	O
10,000	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
's	O
old	O
phone	O
booths	O
into	O
ad-supported	O
"	O
Wi-Fi	O
pylons	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
