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Free wi-fi coverage due to be extended
A PIONEERING project to create a free wi-fi internet zone in the heart of York is due to be extended across the city centre.
The trials to provide free internet access in the city centre have been heralded as a major success after attracting more than a million internet hits.
The pilot scheme was launched in November last year, and York Council confirmed yesterday that it is now looking to extend the free wi-fi coverage within the area contained in the city’s medieval walls.
There has always been an aspiration to make the wi-fi pilot a permanent scheme, although yesterday’s announcement is the clearest indication yet as to the success of the trials.
The council’s cabinet member for corporate services, Coun Julie Gunnell, has urged businesses, residents or visitors to come forward to help shape the plans to extend the scheme.
Coun Gunnell said: “ We are particularly interested in knowing your experiences of using the wi-fi zone including how easy you found it to use and whether an extended city centre wi-fi area would be useful to you.”
The free wi-fi coverage saw York become one of only a handful of towns and cities in the UK to offer the internet perk, although many locations on the Continent have already introduced the technology.
The project is aimed at improving York’s city centre facilities for visitors and businesses as well as residents.
The pilot area covers St Helen’s Square and Coney Street, providing a free wireless connection open to anyone with a laptop or smartphone.
The Digital York scheme is part of York Council’s Reinvigorate York initiative - an ambitious project to improve and enhance the quality of the city’s public spaces.
Views and ideas on extending the trial can be emailed to comments@york.gov.uk or sent to ICT Services, York Council, 4, Museum Street, York, YO1 7FD.
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