Providing and receiving network access

A system for facilitating connection to a wireless network access point comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
• receive a request from a user device for access point information of one or more wireless network access points, each of which enables the user device to connect to a network;
• determine user contribution account acceptability for a user associated with the user device, based, at least in part, on an amount of bandwidth provided by a wireless network access point associated with the user to one or more other user devices to connect to the network, wherein one or more other users of the one or more other user devices are associated with the one or more wireless network access points;
• wherein determining user contribution account acceptability includes verifying an acceptable user contribution account balance;
• wherein additions to a user contribution account balance are weighted proportional to access point bandwidth allocation provided by the user to other users;
• and
• providing the access point information to the user device based, at least in part, on the determination.

A computer program product for facilitating connection to a wireless network access point and computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for causing a computer processor to execute the following:

• receiving a request from a user device for access point information of one or more wireless network access points, each of which enables the user device to connect to a network;
• determining user contribution account acceptability for a:
• user associated with the user device, based, at least in part, on an amount of bandwidth provided by a wireless network access point associated with the user to one or more other user devices to connect to the network, wherein one or more other users of the one or more other user devices are associated with the one or more wireless network access points;
• wherein determining user contribution account acceptability includes verifying an acceptable user contribution account balance;
• wherein additions to a user contribution account balance are weighted proportional to access point bandwidth allocation provided by the user to other users;
• and
• providing the access point information to the user device based, at least in part, on the determination.