Sunday, September 11, 2011

On the streets of Warsaw, runs a free Internet, but that few people know

For the past two months on the streets of Warsaw are working free wireless Internet access points. However, the presence of Wi-Fi network in the city center, few people know, since local authorities have not established the appropriate plates. "We have equipped the 13 hotspots, each - a range of about 100 meters," - said in early August, the head of the Moscow Office of Information and Data, Shimon Krupa during the presentation of the network. Connection speed up to 512 kb / sec. Simultaneously connect to the network can to thousands of users, but in practice the number is less than 40-50 - and this is the "rush hour", and at night through city hot spots to go online and do a few people. The reason for the unpopularity of free internet access - lack of information. Asked when the access point will provide the necessary boxes, authorities said that within two weeks of the network connection. Since then passed eight weeks, but none of the streets, equipped with Wi-Fi, signs have not appeared, wrote Zycie Warszawy. Wi-Fi equipped Royal Route, Old Town and part of the district Powisle. A user wishing to connect to the Internet must choose a network UM Warszawa, after which the page to load the network with the rules of using the connection. The duration of a session is 30 minutes.

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