NT bus interchanges get free Wi-Fi
- 23 January, 2013 09:32
- Comments
Free Wi-Fi access points will be available for commuters at bus interchanges in Darwin and the suburbs of Palmerston and Casuarina in the Northern Territory under a program to begin in mid-February.
The program, announced by Territory transport minister Adam Giles, will be installed and operated by Easyweb Digital. Setup and operation will cost the government $60,000 in the first year and $21,000 for every subsequent year.
Wi-Fi access will be restricted, with a media statement issued by Giles indicating that commuters are likely to be limited to 90 minutes of Internet access per day.
“The growing use of smartphones, tablets and iPads are an everyday reality for many Territorians and I am keen to consider other projects like Wi-Fi at interchanges to enhance the services we provide with the public bus network,” Giles said in a statement.
Giles said that program would provide direction for future deployments of free Wi-Fi services.
Recommended
Join the Computerworld Australia group on Linkedin. The group is open to IT Directors, IT Managers, Infrastructure Managers, Network Managers, Security Managers, Communications Managers.
- Bookmark this page
- Share this article
- Got more on this story? Email Computerworld
- Follow Computerworld on twitter
- Cloud Computing for Midsize Businesses: Delivering Innovation and Efficiency
- ESG Whitepaper: Integrated Computing Platform Survey
- Securing the Promise of Virtualisation
- Advanced Persistent Threats and Real-Time Threat Management
- Integrated Computing Platforms: Infrastructure Builds for Tomorrow’s Data Centre
- HTC unveils new Butterfly s phone that packs more battery life
- 3D printer creates lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand
- Google Glass apps for enterprises coming by early 2014
- iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending June 18
- Say 'cheese', Earthlings! Spacecraft to snap home planet pic from deep space
-
Transfield wins $366m in new NBN work
-
Good riddance Google Reader: Feedly throws switch on alternate RSS service
-
Mobile app data protection not our responsibility, say Australians
-
NBN Co should prepare for Coalition government: NBN committee
-
Google adds more retailers for Chromebook
