StockholmOpen.Net is based on the idea that anyone can make singular (wireless or wired) access points, or local area networks, publicly available and provide connectivity to a server allowing each individual user to make an own choice of service provider to reach the Internet.

There are several ways this can be realized. The solution demonstrated in the Stockholm City Hall March 23-24 2001 is based on a combined dhcp/web-server with accesspoints on downstream VLANs and one upstream VLAN for each provider.