Tests are to start on new wi-fi service
TRIALS will start tomorrow of a £100,000 project to transmit wireless broadband across Cheltenham.
It could mean remote villages could at last get high speed internet.
Bosses from Pinnacle Technology Group installed an aerial on an eight-storey building in Evesham Road near Cheltenham Racecourse.
Another was placed in the town centre near the Queen's Hotel.
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They want people to log on during the trial and try out the service for free.
If the feedback is good the paid-for service will roll-out in the New Year, with managers saying Cheltenham could become the first place in the country to have this type of wi-fi.
The company has been providing internet services to the racecourse for three years.
It earmarked Cheltenham for the trial because of its mix of business and rural areas.
The new service could deliver speeds between 10Mb and 100Mb but the monthly rental would cost from £29 to £199 depending on the speed.
Head of special projects Martin Stephenson said: "The system being installed would deliver super high speeds via wireless. For some outlying villages within our range of service it will bring broadband where there is currently only very poor speed or no service."
Comments
by cheltenham20
Saturday, October 13 2012, 10:35PM
“galopede
Thanks for pointing out the web address, and as a person who is lucky to get 1mb speed, i think this company is going to have its work cut out to make this Wf work... The cheapest for the average guy like myself will be £50 a month, for a 10mb speed, weather thats guaranteed or not remains to be seen. Bt tells us we can get upto 14mb speed, but we all know about that...Soon i will knock BT on the head , will use my mobile as my main phone and a dongle at
about £15 amonth, im slowly wiseing up to Bt....”
by AndyPrestbury
Saturday, October 13 2012, 8:00PM
“Could be a good solution considering the terrible service some businesses get in Cheltenham. My company is based on an industrial estate in Cheltenham, and both Virgin and BT say they either do not have plans or a budget to install lines to businesses, even if we wanted to pay for the work to be done. Which is really galling when all of the flats right next to us have have high speed lines put in. The suggestion from one engineer was to run a line over from one of the newly upgraded flats, as it would be the only way we would ever get a quicker line.”
by raidermanuk
Saturday, October 13 2012, 7:41PM
“Parts of Hatherley get a miserable 1mb!”
by Walker100
Saturday, October 13 2012, 4:52PM
“For the 100mb £200 a month PLUS £700 connection.......so it's primarily aimed at businesses then.
I live in a rural location and manage well enough on less than 10mb speed from BT which includes unlimited download, free connection to thousands of WiFi hotspots and free calls all day for less than £30 a month.
Are there really places still around where NO broadband is available. Prior to BT I used a WiFi dongle for about £15 a month and got perfectly acceptable service, but then, I still remember dial up!!”
by galopede
Saturday, October 13 2012, 9:08AM
“Hello TiG. Think it might have been useful to actually tell people where to find info on this new system if they want people to try it out?
Here's their website about it.
http://tinyurl.com/9zbqr7j”