is 'one giant hotspot'. I had heard there were some cities in the U.S. that were close to this, but it is truly amazing to think that you could walk anywhere and use your laptop with its wireless card.
More than 200 antennas are positioned around the city, mainly on lampposts, creating blanket wi-fi coverage.
The city is one giant hotspot, utilising a mesh network which means users can get seamless internet access as they wander the streets.
Kurt Frary, who managed the project at the local authority said: "As a mesh network, if one of the lamppost aerials were to fail, the whole system will compensate to find a way through.
'Glitch free'
"We had 1,800 connections in the first week, more than 2,500 in the second and 3,000 in the third.
You can read the rest of the article, which includes the guidelines for use imposed by the county council, here.
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