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Cycling World Championships go wireless |
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
Visitors to this month's World Cycling Championships at the Manchester Velodrome will be able to access high-speed wireless internet access (Wi-Fi) through a special 'Hot Zone' covering the entire sporting arena. The Wi-Fi coverage, provided by On-Communications and BT Openzone, will enable allow the teams, their supporters and attending media to stay connected to email, the web, their company network, alongside gaming and VOIP applications from a growing number of Wi-Fi enabled devices. The public Wi-Fi Hot Zone will provide venue-wide coverage across all public areas, conference and press rooms at the site. On-Communications will also provide separate private wireless VLANs (WVLANs) for the event's organising teams from both the Manchester Velodrome and the British Cycling Federation. All velodrome data and Wi-Fi traffic will be routed to the internet via On-Communications Fixed Wireless Access service. The guaranteed performance service features a 'burst' capability to provide extra bandwidth during peak periods at the end of heats and races as international journalists rush to file reports and photographs.
www.bt.com
www.on-communications.com |
