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A '''CitiNet''' is a local, citywide virtual private network (VPN), developed by [[Ziggurat]], and established in some of the Reclaimed Cities during the [[Time of the Red]]. CitiNets are usually "air gapped", which means that there is only limited (and strongly controlled) access between them<ref name="RED">{{RefCP|RED|241,280}}</ref>.

==Overview==
During the early [[2030]]s, [[Ziggurat]] proposed to address the consequences of the [[DataKrash]] with a plan to transform the [[Data Term]] network in [[Night City]] with a new system, which could restore communications cheaply and reliably. [[Night Corp]] provide the corporation with a grant, and the City Council, although divided, offered their support. Ziggurat had the first, brand-new CitiNet up and running within months. The corporation quickly improved the usability of the CitiNet by overlaying it with the first [[Data Pool]], an open protocol for displaying and sharing data that anyone could use.<ref name="RED"/>

Almost immediately after the Night City Data Pool went online, Ziggurat published its first set of apps to make use of it. This allowed the corporation to collect fees from the government for the set-up and maintenance of the CitiNet and Data Pool, and to monetize the use of the infrastructure by collecting and selling data as well as advertising space, and supplying users with upgrades for their apps.<ref name="RED"/>

By [[2040]], Ziggurat had brought CitiNets and Data Pools to most Reclaimed Cities in the [[New United States]], the [[Pacifica Confederation]], the [[Free State]]s, and [[Canada]].<ref name="RED"/> [[NetWatch]] oversaw the development of this new series of networks, with backing of [[Corporations]].<ref name="RED"/> Communications between metropolitan regioins were restored with simple, inexpensive city-to-city hourly data-packet burst transfers, made possible by cobbling together a patchwork of reclaimed telephone lines, free-space optics, and even [[Nomad]] couriers. The long-distance communications only extended to text, voice, and video messages. Direct audio and visual communications still relied on the the more expensive services of [[WorldSat Communications Network]].<ref name="RED"/>

By the mid-2040s, popular entertainment such as the [[Elflines Online]] online game was found on CitiNet servers.<ref name="Elflines">{{RefCP|REDEO|2-5}}</ref> 

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