{"id":22368,"date":"2020-05-20T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=22368"},"modified":"2020-05-20T09:01:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:01:47","slug":"last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html","title":{"rendered":"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission&#8217;s \u20ac120m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wifi4eu.eu\/#\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WiFi4EU<\/a> initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> wireless broadband hotspots, has announced that it will open up for a fourth and final call for applications between 3rd and 4th of June 2020.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The scheme originally aimed to equip &#8220;<em>every European village and city with free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> internet access<\/em>&#8221; by the end of 2020. Under this approach municipalities can harness the WiFi4EU vouchers to purchase and install Wi-Fi equipment (wireless access points) in their chosen centres of local public life, although any on-going costs for maintaining the network must be covered by the local authority.<\/p>\n<p>The final call for applications was originally due to take place in March, but <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> had other plans and delayed the event. Instead this round will now take place next month and includes the remaining budget of <strong>\u20ac14.2 million<\/strong>, which is expected to cater for the distribution of around <strong>947 vouchers<\/strong> on a &#8220;<em>first come, first served basis<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>EC Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In these challenging times, WiFi4EU is contributing to building connectivity resilience through support for the installation of free Wi-Fi access points in public spaces, including hospitals (18% of the installations) and schools (37.5%). The current emergency is reinforcing the importance of universal access to high speed, reliable and secure internet connections for all: businesses, public services, and citizens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sadly take-up of this scheme by the UK has been comparatively weak so far, which may be down to issues of Brexit (note: we won&#8217;t fully leave until the end of the year), a lack of awareness or simply the fact that public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> is already quite common across the UK. In any case the funding is available to local authorities, should they so desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission&#8217;s \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi wireless broadband hotspots, has announced that it will open up for a fourth and final call for applications between 3rd and 4th of June 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[85,476],"class_list":["post-22368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-europe","tag-wifi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The European Commission&#039;s \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The European Commission&#039;s \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-20T08:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-20T08:01:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-20T08:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-20T08:01:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Europe\",\"Wireless Internet\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\",\"name\":\"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-20T08:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-20T08:01:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"The European Commission's \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi - ISPreview UK","description":"The European Commission's \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi - ISPreview UK","og_description":"The European Commission's \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2020-05-20T08:00:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-20T08:01:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi","datePublished":"2020-05-20T08:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-20T08:01:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html"},"wordCount":302,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg","keywords":["Europe","Wireless Internet"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html","name":"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-20T08:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-20T08:01:47+00:00","description":"The European Commission's \u20ac120m WiFi4EU initiative, which provides vouchers worth up to \u20ac15K (\u00a313.42K) to help municipalities install FREE public WiFi","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_wifi_wireless_signal.jpg","width":768,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/last-call-for-uk-municipalities-to-win-eu-funds-for-free-wifi.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Last Call for UK Municipalities to Win EU Funds for FREE WiFi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}