Blackpool has just created a series of Wi-Fi hotzones around the town centre to meet the growing demand for Wi-Fi access. Expanding numbers of people now own devices such as laptop computers, netbooks and the ever popular iPhone and other media players whose applications consume a lot of bandwidth so are looking to access Wi-Fi wherever they can.
The provision of Wi Fi in the accommodation sector of B&B;’s and Guesthouses in Blackpool in 2009 is as important as the provision of private facilities in 1975ish and all should encompass the technology at the very least in a public room such as a bar or lounge if it cannot be provided across the property.
£150,000 is being invested in the Wireless Blackpool project which will offer Wi-Fi at over a dozen sites, including the Winter Gardens, Church Street, Victoria Street, Birley Street, Corporation Street and the areas around the North Station and Central Car Park. Additional Sites will be added in due course
Wi-Fi access isn’t completely free of charge though, apart from a few certain city websites designed to help visitors find locations and events in Blackpool.
However, a voucher scheme will operate in the summer which will allow businesses such as Cafe’s and pubs along with conference venues to give customers unlimited access to the web for designated periods of time.
Don’t forget a very popular pub chain with spoons in the name are currently offering free wi fi on their own premises. There is at least one in Blackpool currently with hopefully more to come in the future if the Council get their act together.
I think it’s more essential than a goziilian channel tv’s, people can’t function without internet access