{"id":1385,"date":"2012-08-02T12:58:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T11:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2012-08-02T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T12:49:36","slug":"bt-wifi-completes-500000-london-uk-wireless-hotspots-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/08\/bt-wifi-completes-500000-london-uk-wireless-hotspots-target.html","title":{"rendered":"BT WiFi Completes 500000 London UK WiFi Wireless Hotspots Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telecoms operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> has today announced the completion of its plan to deploy <strong>500,000 wireless hotspots<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a>), each offering internet access across Greater London, for the <strong>2012 Olympic Games<\/strong>. The move was made possible after the operator added a batch of new hotspots along 27 miles of the River Thames.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The news marks a significant improvement upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btwifi.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">BT WiFi&#8217;s<\/a> last update during May 2012, when they were still 25,000 short of the target (475,000). However the vast majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s hotspots have come from the operators community of retail fixed line broadband ISP subscribers, many of whom freely share their home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a> out over the operators <strong>FON<\/strong> platform with other customers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Andy Baker, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> Wi-fi, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We\u2019re giving Londoners and visitors as many places as possible to get online, keep in touch, work and share their experiences of the exciting events happening across London<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BT is also the <strong>sole provider<\/strong> of public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a> inside the <strong>Olympic Park<\/strong> venue, which has involved the installation of around <strong>1,000 access points<\/strong> across nine Olympic venues (e.g. the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, Velodrome and all the public areas of the Olympic Park). So far more than 1 billion wi-fi minutes were used over the last three months on BT Wifi.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, BT claims that users of\u00a0its wifi\u00a0service in the Olympic Park have enjoyed 100% \u00a0availability and are typically\u00a0enjoying upload and download rates of <strong>20Mbps<\/strong> or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telecoms operator BT has today announced the completion of its plan to deploy 500,000 wireless hotspots (wifi), each offering internet access across Greater London, for the 2012 Olympic Games. 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