AB Internet ISP turns Lincoln City into Wi-fi city with bigger coverage
Lincoln city in the UK has joined hands with the local internet service provider, AB Internet to setup a chain of wi-fi hotspots that will cover the entire city.
The ISP’s City Centre network of public wi-fi hotspots that was launched in February this year is extended to most areas in Lincoln city and the city residents & businesses can get wireless broadband access for £2 per day, it was reported. The city-wide wireless broadband service will benefit city authorities, police and students at Lincoln University
Neil Tucker, the marketing director of AB Internet said to itpro.co.uk:
“We are building the first sustainable UK Wi-Fi city networks and that sustainability gives us the latitude to provide bigger coverage,”
He further said the provider want to bring the benefits of wireless broadband to everyone in the city.
City Councillor, Darren Grice feels that the wi-fi network roll out ‘is a fantastic opportunity to bring this historic city further into the twenty-first century’. He further said: “It’s a good example of organisations working together to bring about something that will benefit everyone.”
AB Internet will focus on rural areas where high-speed broadband service or fibre optic network has not penetrated yet, the ISP said. The businesses and the home users in these areas need ‘a business model’ that the company would aim at, Neil Tucker concluded.