View Full Version : Two Years of Free Wi-Fi for Singapore


rjh
Dec 11, 06, 10:43 pm
Did this (http://www.ida.gov.sg/idaweb/marketing/infopage.jsp?infopagecategory=&infopageid=I3936&versionid=3)already get posted? Sorry, if so.

"Come 2007, Singaporeans will be ushering the new year with at least 24 months, or two years, of free (basic tier) wireless connectivity at up to 512 kbps speeds almost everywhere - thanks to IDA's 'Wireless@SG' programme.

... With the two-year Wireless@SG programme, the number of public 'hotspots' will grow 5-fold from the current 900 to about 5,000. The three operators will bump up the number of Wireless@SG 'hotzones' in high-traffic, public areas, such as the Central Business District, downtown shopping belts like Orchard Road, and HDB Town Centres, to make wireless broadband a ubiquitous access mode by September 2007. ...

The three operators are extending this two-year free offering with unlimited usage to all residents and visitors in Singapore, including tourists and business travellers. The sign-up details will be made known from December 2006 by the operators."

jpatokal
Dec 14, 06, 11:32 pm
Direct link:

http://www.ida.gov.sg/idaweb/marketing/infopage.jsp?infopagecategory=&infopageid=I3928&versionid=5

The coverage areas are rather more limited than you'd think from the hype though, and there's a rather bureaucratic registration thingamajiggy you need to jump through, involving passwords sent to your mobile phone and whatnot, before you can use it... but hey, it's free wifi, so can't complain too much ^


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