WiFi to Bless Norwich and Trains in Scotland
As the United Kingdom is looking all set to welcome the broadband revolution, more and more towns, communities, businesses, outlets and even public places such as airport launches and trains are aspiring to get into the thick of things by stepping on to the wonderworld realised by wireless broadband technology.
Recently, it was the turn of the people living in Norwich welcome the proposal of a fresh internet project according to reports. A fresh WiFi project that can run across the city centre has been proposed by a firm known as Babcock International. This WiFi broadband internet project is expected to start yielding from April 2010, according to a Norwich Evening News report.
The company that has come forward with the proposal could be meeting the business leaders shortly to discuss the WiFi project that could open the floodgates of opportunities for individuals and businesses. It is understood that the company was focusing on key centres in the city such as the UEA (University of East Anglia) campus.
The newspaper had also published the view of the partnership manager at Norwich City Centre, Stefan Gurney that anything that potentially promoted the city for tourism had to be good, and if there was potential to rollout a WiFi network for City College, UEA and the city centre, those were the three spots that could experience high usage.
Meanwhile in Scotland, the public transport is expecting a WiFi broadband access installation in the near future. Under fresh plans here, buses and trains serving the country would be installed with free wireless broadband access with a view to attract more people onto public transport. It is also expected that such a condition would reduce the carbon footprint of the nation.
According to a Scottish government spokesman, Transport Scotland sponsored by the government was already musing over the development of a business case for WiFi provision on ScotRail services, e3ven though the WiFi provision on Scottish buses was solely a matter for private bus operators.
