You may never have considered a WiFi survey before, but when it comes to improving network performance – or planning a new network – it’s the gold standard for providing the most accurate and all-encompassing information about your specific system and how it could be supporting your organisation better.
Before considering a survey, it’s important to understand the impact of not resolving network issues.
Understand the true impact of WiFi downtime
If you’re considering a new wireless network, you may well be experiencing WiFi downtime and signal dead spots. These are extremely damaging to your business’ processes, operations and services which will, over time, increasingly impact your revenue and profit through lowered efficiency; if your employees, clients, students, or service users cannot connect to the network, they cannot be productive.
Lack of a strong digital experience could even drive them to your competitors due to frustration and feeling like other organisations can offer a more seamless service. Many network managers compensate for poor performance with additional hardware, often spending a great deal in the process. This frequently causes more problems than it solves and we often see overlapping signal causing poor AP handovers and worse dropouts than before.
So, what do WiFi site surveys give you? We explore below what they offer in terms of actionable insights.
Customised Analysis
Every location and environment is unique, with different physical layouts, building materials, and potential sources of interference. An on-site survey allows the network engineer to assess these factors and tailor the WiFi network design and configuration accordingly, taking into account requirements of your organisation and any challenges.
Determine Optimal AP Placement
An on-site survey helps determine the optimal placement of access points (APs) to ensure adequate signal coverage throughout the desired areas. By measuring signal strength, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and signal quality at various points in the environment, the survey helps identify potential dead zones or areas with weak coverage. Experienced engineers can also take into account any expected changes to your site, and even map out AP placement off architectural plans.
Identifying Interference Risks
Interference from other wireless devices, neighbouring networks, or physical obstacles such as metals or electrical equipment can significantly impact WiFi performance for the worse. During an on-site survey, network engineers can identify and analyse potential sources of interference, such as machinery, equipment, or other wireless signals. By understanding the interference patterns, they can adjust channel selections, optimise channel bandwidth, and make configuration changes to minimise the impact of interference.
Network Capacity Planning
In some ways, everything stems from your usage requirements. An on-site survey helps assess the number of concurrent users and devices in the environment, which is essential for network capacity planning. By analysing your usage patterns in situ, the survey enables network engineers to determine the appropriate number of APs, their configuration, and the required bandwidth to support the expected user load effectively. This ensures that the WiFi network can handle the anticipated traffic without performance degradation.
Performance Analysis & Troubleshooting
During an on-site WiFi survey, the network engineer can perform various measurements to evaluate network performance, including testing throughput, latency, and packet loss to identify potential bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
By analysing these metrics in real-world conditions – and in situ – remedial adjustments can easily be made to optimise network settings, QoS parameters, and other configuration options for better performance, as well as giving engineers a breadth of information with which to design a new network.
Cost Savings
An on-site wireless survey guarantees you are only buying the hardware you need for an optimally performing network. Remedial actions after-the-fact tend to be costly, time consuming, and not as successful as getting it right first time. It also means engineers can recommend solutions armed with more data and insight, and won’t recommend products out of budget or unable to offer the service you need.
Validation of Design/Configuration
An on-site survey helps validate the effectiveness of the WiFi network design and configuration by comparing the expected coverage and performance against the actual results. It provides an opportunity to identify any discrepancies and make necessary adjustments to ensure the network meets the desired performance goals. The best players in wireless networking should offer this as standard to ensure you’re happy with the end-result of your new solution.
Only on-site surveys can guarantee 100% coverage and a design specific to your exact requirements, challenges and budget. If an on-site survey isn’t an option, there are several other options. Remote surveys, called passive or predictive surveys, can offer great insight into your network performance, however interference and complications relating to your physical site cannot be as easily factored into your design.
Do You Need A WiFi Site Survey At Your Premises?
There are many reasons why you could be considering a WiFi site survey. From installing new wireless systems to upgrading and improving your current service, site surveys are designed to optimise coverage and performance across your premises.
Skilled technicians with the right equipment and knowledge can carefully test service across all parts of your building or site, before making recommendations to improve access for you. We always advise a WiFi site survey. Without it, we cannot offer a maximum coverage guarantee, nor can we ensure that your investment in a new network will give you the performance and flexibility you need to push your business forward.
There are also many types of site surveys depending on what your business needs – they are not a ‘one size fits all’. Whether you need to find and fix existing faults, design a new network entirely, or upgrade your current solution, a WiFi site survey should be designed around the things you need to understand. If you’re curious about the various types of WiFi survey, and which is the right fit for you, just visit out page on wireless site surveys.
The UK education system is ever growing. From a very young age, British children are subject to spending a great proportion of their time in a structured institution that aims to equip them with the skills and knowledge to enter the world as an adult. A key player in this education is increasingly the use of Internet-based learning.
The role of the Internet in education
In contemporary society, children have access to WiFi all over the place, from shops and playgrounds to bus stations and their own bedrooms, which makes having access to education WiFi and a wireless Internet connection more important than ever. If we really want to make sure our children have the skills to prepare them for the future, then they need to be encouraged to tap into their innate curiosity and conduct independent research on their own initiative. This isn’t just important for school work but to ensure they stay informed about current affairs. A moderated and safe education WiFi network is the key to this.
Growing use of smartphones among children
According to research highlighted by The Independent earlier this year, a survey found that up to 25% of UK school children under six years old own and use a smartphone. This is an important statistic because it means each of these children can utilise the benefits of an education WiFi network in lessons and during their breaks. Most importantly they also can share this experience with their friends and peers. The Internet fosters a nature of sharing and collaboration, so by allowing children access to the Internet, they too are encouraged to share, in order to boost their learning, social and communication skills, and enrich the lives of everyone around them in the process.
What does the future hold?
The world is only becoming more connected, so as children get older, we can only assume they will have greater access to smart technology. Smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and other wearable devices are increasingly the norm. Schools need to prepare for this revolution in order to allow for their children to be able to utilise and learn from these technologies. Student WiFi isn’t simply a luxury for today, it’s an embedded part of everyone’s future. When a child reaches university and then enters the workplace, they will have access to enterprise WiFi networks which will require proficiency in cloud-based and remote working, encryption, safe online working, and document sharing. The experience they receive at school level by using a safe and secure education WiFi network will ensure that, by the time they mature, they are aware of both the risks of advantages of the Internet and that they can use these networks in the safest way possible. Not only does this prepare them for the future, it makes the Internet a safer place for everyone.
To find out more about how we can help establish a great connection in your education institution, get in touch with us at Redway Networks today.
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In our current digital age, it is essential to be connected to WiFi. The internet facilitates a huge part of our working life, and is of the utmost importance for business performance and productivity. Nowhere is this more true than within warehouses; a wireless connection to the internet is vital at every stage from the receiving docks, to the orders of the pickers, all the way to the outbound department, and has eliminated the need for long and time consuming paper trails.
However, this means that the strength and speed of your warehouse WiFi is now directly related to your overall warehouse productivity. If your wireless connection is great, then there are no problems, however, if your warehouse WiFi signal is poor, then there is the potential for your efficiency to fall dramatically.
As such, our experts have suggested a few ways to improve your warehouse WiFi signal, thereby directly improving your efficiency, helping your business to grow.
1. Update your firmware
All WiFi-based devices run off internal firmware, which plays a large part in how the WiFi signal is translated and used within the physical device. Old and out of date firmware may affect the speed at which WiFi is picked up and used, and therefore by updating your devices’ firmware you are likely to increase the speed of your wireless internet connection.
2. Antenna type and its direction
Most warehouse WiFi antennas are either directional or omni-directional. If you have a directional antenna, then it is vital to ensure that it’s pointed in the correct direction – that’s in the direction of where most of the warehouse WiFi usage takes place. If you have an omni-directional antenna then make sure it’s placed as centrally as possible within your warehouse, so it maximises the speed and connection of the warehouse WiFi signal to your devices.
3. Metal cages
Warehouse safety is always key, and often protective metal cages are present throughout the building. However, these cages may have an affect on your warehouse WiFi signal, especially if the antenna is located directly within these cages. The metal used is likely to impact the RF communication of your WiFi, meaning that in order to prevent this from happening, you should always place your warehouse WiFi antennas outside of any metal cages.
To learn more about warehouse WiFi for your business, contact the team at Redway Networks today.
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While it certainly helps, designing the best WiFi infrastructures doesn’t simply come down to having a lightning fast WiFi connection. If you are designing WiFi for a network environment which is high density, there are many factors to bear in mind if you want to come up with the perfect plan. In this article we offer some key WiFi design tips:
WiFi Design – Place your APs wisely
Where you position your access points (APs) is one of the single biggest considerations which you will have when designing a WiFi set-up. You should ensure that your APs are not blocked by physical objects, and to take into account the effect of thick walls inside a building. Aim to have clear lines of sight from APs to areas which are commonly used by people connecting, and try and keep them at a distance from water, such as pipe networks.
WiFi Design – ‘Aim high’ on your AP numbers
It might be said that you can never have too many APs, and while this could be exaggerating a little, it is undoubtedly the case that it is best to ‘shoot high’ and overestimate, rather than underestimate, the number of APs which you will need when you are planning the investment. If you do end up with surplus APs, you might need them in the long run should performance begin to degrade over time.
WiFi Design – 5GHZ radio bands
5GHZ radio bands are definitely the way forward when it comes to designing your WiFi set-up. You’ll be able to take advantage of much higher connection speeds than you would with 2.4GHZ, and get around the problem of the packed radio band which 2.4GHZ poses. You don’t want to end up competing with Bluetooth and other technologies for the same frequency range, so save yourself the hassle and use 5GHZ.
Those are just three pieces of advice from us on WiFi design. Especially where education WiFi is concerned, in the modern day, institutions require a high level of connectivity to meet the demands of many people on campus – from students to lecturers, administrators and guests – making optimum WiFi design all the more important. Contact us for more details.
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From tablets and interactive white boards to 1:1 computing and VR, inter-connected classroom devices continue to rise. This increase, however, poses a threat to classroom control, student focus, and therefore learning as a whole. With classroom focal points dispersed, it’s vital that teachers keep students on track. This is where web filtering comes to the fore, enabling teachers to leverage EdTech without losing the focus of students. How can software such as Lightspeed help?
Student safety
The primary reason for implementing web filtering in schools is to ensure the safety and well-being of students. The internet contains a vast amount of content, including inappropriate, explicit, violent, or otherwise harmful material that is not suitable for students. Web filtering helps to block access to such content and prevents students from stumbling upon harmful or age-inappropriate material.
Compliance with regulations
Many countries have laws and regulations in place that require educational institutions to provide a safe online environment for students. Implementing web filtering helps schools comply with these legal requirements and maintain a safe and secure learning environment.
Mental health monitoring
Web filtering can help in identifying and preventing instances of cyberbullying, depression, and self harm tendencies. By monitoring online communications and blocking access to platforms that are commonly used for cyberbullying, schools can take steps to prevent this behaviour and protect students from harm, and offer proactive support
Keeping students focused
The internet is full of entertaining and distracting content that can hinder students’ ability to focus on their studies, particularly if classroom devices do not have adequate software to control attention. Web filtering can help limit access to non-educational websites and apps during school hours, promoting a more productive and collaborative learning environment.
Bandwidth management
As the demands on school networks grow, they often have limited internet bandwidth. Excessive usage of streaming media, gaming, and other non-educational activities can strain the network. Web filtering can restrict access to such bandwidth-intensive activities, ensuring that educational resources have priority access to the available bandwidth.
Preventing cheating
Some students may attempt to cheat in tests, exams and assignments by accessing online resources or copying content from the internet. Web filtering can help prevent easy access to resources beyond those allowed during examinations.
Protection from security risks
The internet is also a breeding ground for malware, viruses, and other cyber threats. Although your network security does the heavy lifting when it comes to protection, web filtering can aid in the effort by blocking access to websites known for hosting malicious content, reducing the risk of students inadvertently downloading harmful software.
Teacher productivity
Web filtering can help teachers maintain control over what students can access during class time, making it easier to manage classroom activities and keep students on track with the curriculum – without attempting to keep tabs on what’s on each device screen.
In summary, web filtering is essential in schools to ensure student safety, comply with regulations, prevent cyberbullying and distractions, manage bandwidth, prevent academic dishonesty, protect against cyber threats, and maintain an educational-focused online environment. It contributes to creating a secure and conducive atmosphere for effective learning.
When it comes to wireless networks, hands down, the most common cause of premature poor performance, inability to meet requirement, or obsolescence is poor Wi-Fi planning during the design stage.
In recent years, the demand for networks that can support increasing devices, platforms and applications has grown exponentially, placing even more pressure on the underlying foundations of your IT architecture; those with poor designs are becoming more and more evident as the pressure on networks grows.
Planning a next-generation Wi-Fi network requires careful consideration of various factors to ensure optimal performance and scalability, and getting this stage wrong is both a costly and highly frustrating mistake to make. The cost of a disappointing digital experience for end users is not to be underestimated in today’s world, in addition to the elevated costs of managing a cumbersome network with frequent problems.
As experts in the field, we’re going to share our tips for Wi-Fi planning and design to help your organisation safeguard against a network that becomes legacy ahead of its time.
So, how do I plan a Wi-Fi network?
Planning a new wireless network can feel like a daunting process, but below we’ve listed some key questions to ask yourself to get off to the best start.
– What are my current needs and future requirements?
Before embarking on planning a next-generation Wi-Fi network, it is crucial to assess the current needs of users and anticipate future requirements. This assessment involves evaluating the number of devices, the types of applications, and the desired coverage area. Understanding these factors will help determine the capacity and scalability needed for the network.
– How to choose the right Wi-Fi standard?
The next step is to choose the appropriate WiFi standards that align with the network requirements. The latest WiFi standards, such as IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) and the upcoming 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7), offer significant improvements in speed, capacity, and reliability. Evaluating the benefits of each standard in terms of throughput, latency, and support for multiple devices is crucial for future-proofing the network.
– How do I design for capacity and coverage?
Designing a next-generation WiFi network involves optimizing both capacity and coverage. It is essential to consider factors such as building layout, physical obstructions, and user density. Conducting a site survey and using network planning tools can help identify potential coverage gaps, interference sources, and optimal access point placement. Additionally, deploying a mesh network or using beamforming technology can enhance coverage and improve capacity in high-density areas.
– What about network segmentation and security?
As WiFi networks grow in complexity and size, network segmentation becomes crucial. Dividing the network into multiple virtual LANs (VLANs) or subnets allows for better security, improved traffic management, and increased network efficiency. Each segment can have different access controls, quality of service (QoS) policies, and security measures to protect sensitive data.
– How will I implement quality of service (QoS)?
Quality of Service is vital in ensuring that critical applications receive priority and adequate bandwidth. By implementing QoS policies, network administrators can prioritize specific applications, such as voice or video conferencing, over less time-sensitive traffic. This improves user experience, reduces latency, and ensures efficient utilization of network resources.
– What about network monitoring and management?
To maintain optimal performance, a next-generation WiFi network requires robust monitoring and management capabilities. Network administrators should invest in network management systems that provide real-time monitoring, traffic analysis, and troubleshooting tools. These tools enable proactive identification of network issues, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
– How do I future-proof a wireless network?
Planning for the future is essential when designing a next-generation WiFi network. Considering emerging technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR), is crucial. These technologies will place additional demands on the network, requiring higher bandwidth and lower latency. By ensuring scalability and flexibility in the network design, future upgrades can be seamlessly incorporated.
Other considerations…
– Think about a professional Wi-Fi survey
A sure-fire way to make sure you kick off the process of designing a new wireless network to a great start is a Wi-Fi survey done by specialists in the field. This should give you a full report, detailing where and why your current network has failed to give your organisation the performance it needs, covering layout, interference, AP mounting locations and expected capacity requirements.
The cost of a Wi-Fi survey varies, and any provider worth their weight will always offer a bespoke service that delves into your exact requirements and uses accurate, industry leading survey tools, such as Ekahau. Cheaper survey tools don’t offer the accuracy needed when planning to invest in a future-ready network, don’t examine packet loss, and often they only detect Wi-Fi interference, not non-Wi-Fi interference coming from electronics, metals or radar events (as common examples!). We’ve seen so many instances of this causing poorly performing wireless networks, from schools to warehouses.
– Is Wi-Fi 6 a must?
No, Wi-Fi 6 is not a MUST. That said… the latest standard brings unparalleled performance when it comes to speed, capacity and dealing with high-density environments. As more devices and applications demand higher bandwidth and lower latency, the latest standards will step into their own, outweighing the cost-savings of older ones. Devices are also increasingly equipped with Wi-Fi 6 capabilities, so adopting the standard now can ensure future compatibility.
– Don’t forget the wire!
Your new Access Points will connect back to a wired network, so it’s always beneficial to consider both elements in tandem to get the best possible end-performance. Will the switches and cabling support the throughput required for the demands of your new Wi-Fi network? Will the new Wi-Fi network introduce new bottlenecks on your wired network? These are questions that need to be considered in the context of your end-result performance.
So, what’s the crux of it?
In conclusion, planning a next-generation Wi-Fi network involves careful assessment, strategic decision-making, and future-proofing. By understanding the current needs and future requirements, selecting appropriate standards, optimising capacity and coverage, implementing network segmentation and security, prioritising QoS, and investing in network monitoring and management, organisations can build a Wi-Fi network that delivers high-speed, reliable, and scalable connectivity – that brings the greatest possible ROI.
Taking the time to plan your wireless network carefully is an investment in the future productivity of your business, and cutting corners now will cost you significantly later on. We offer a range of wireless site surveys to assist with the planning and design of your wireless network, just take a look.
Ever heard of Moore’s Law? It’s a computing term coined in the 70’s which predicted that the overall processing power of computers will double every couple of years. Wireless technology is no different and is constantly changing for the better, with new technology hitting the market on a weekly basis.
But is it possible to future proof your education WiFi or enterprise WiFi? With these five simple tips, you can help your wireless setup to stand your business or organisation in good stead for years to come.
802.11ac as standard
It’s estimated that soon everyone will possess at least five wireless devices – with smartphones, laptops, desktops, tablets, printers and other peripherals all using WiFi, it’s important to have a network that can handle the stress. 802.11ac has been around for a while, but it’s never too late to invest in a standard that will cope with the demands of your organisation.
Flexibility
A future-proof wireless network needs to not only make use of today’s frequencies, but to be adaptable for emerging frequency bands. Over the next decade, new bandwidth-intensive technologies will begin to use 568MHz of new frequencies. Can your current setup cope?
Making upgrades easy
It makes sense to keep tabs on the latest wireless trends. By choosing equipment that can be upgraded in the future, such as an Aerohive network, you’re ensuring a longer lifespan out of your networking devices.
Scalability
As we touched upon earlier, the number of devices being used on your network is only going to increase. If you’re looking for longevity from your wireless network, you should be investing in gear that is going to allow for years of seamless network growth.
Software-defined radios
Some of the newest adaptive access points come with SDN, or software defined radios. This facilitates the use of both radios in an access point to operate concurrently on 5GHz, allowing you to quickly and easily reconfigure your network based on the capabilities of your client. This can be achieved with a simple mouse-click.
Want to know more about how to future proof your wireless network? Why not get in touch with a member of our team, who will be more than happy to discuss your requirements and offer technical advice on how upgrading your WiFi can improve your business.
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In the past, networks were designed with either coverage or capacity in mind, however in today’s world WiFi has become such an intrinsic part of life that high-performance connectivity must be offered in spite of the simultaneous demands on capacity and coverage. Network managers must ensure that the digital experience is both seamless and superior whether a user is underground, surrounded by interfering materials, in a football stadium or in an office meeting room. Slow speeds, drop-offs or black spots are simply no longer accepted.
Understanding the interplay between capacity and coverage in today’s world of WiFi is key to understanding how to balance the two elements.
What is wireless coverage?
The coverage of a wireless network tells us just how far your wireless signal transmits; if you’re running a large institution or organisation, ensuring that your WLAN coverage reaches everywhere on the premises is crucial. Predicting the area a WLAN will cover isn’t always simple; power settings, environmental obstacles and antenna gain can all affect coverage. One of the most accurate ways to assess wireless coverage is wireless surveys, which may include heat maps and spectrum analysis.
What is wireless capacity?
Wireless capacity relates to the number of users who can use your wireless simultaneously in one place, and how (and at what rate) they are using bandwidth. Wireless capacity is just as big a consideration as coverage when designing a new WLAN; if your network doesn’t meet capacity in peak locations, the result is unusable WiFi and disconnected clients.
As an example, in schools, colleges and universities you might find that canteens, social areas and computer rooms are WiFi hotspots – these are areas where large groups of students gather to study, socialise and check their Twitter accounts on smartphones and tablets. In these locations it’s important to maximise WiFi capacity to meet the needs of all users in the network, taking into account potential traffic at peak hours.
Do I need more coverage or more capacity?
So how do you know whether your coverage or your capacity is the problem? Or both! The best way to find out is to have an on-site survey done by certified WiFi engineers. This will diagnose network problems and offer a series of immediate fixes as well as longer-term recommendations with the future of connectivity in mind.
Do I need more access points?
Wireless networks need to be usable to be worth having, and in today’s constantly connected world, WiFi is no longer optional in large businesses and educational institutions. More access points are a potential solution, but can cause overlapping signals and even poorer performance – yes, it is possible to have terrible performance despite high signal! Currently there are only 3 channels in the UK wireless spectrum which guarantee zero interference, so overlapping signals can very easily become an additional problem compounding your wireless’ poor performance.
How can I resolve coverage and capacity issues?
If you’re experiencing issues with capacity and/or coverage, there are other ways to resolve the problem: upgrading your institution’s wireless network can improve coverage and capacity without the need to install more access points, and will offer long-term ROI rather than simply putting a plaster over an increasingly problematic flaw in your network infrastructure.
Newer solutions can offer automated network management to avoid overlapping signals and channel ‘conflict’ which means network managers can save time and focus on more important tasks. As devices, applications and security risks continue to rise, networks that support machine learning and automation will be increasingly valuable to IT departments and businesses as a whole.
The best solution will depend entirely on your WLAN design and requirements.
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When it comes to the education sector, use of technology is now more than ever an important factor in learning and creating real-world connections. From socialising to learning in all forms, education WiFi is key to improve the learning experience in schools and colleges countrywide.
Advanced teaching
A great wireless service in an education setting does more than simply provide your students with a way to access the internet; it also enables smarter, more efficient ways to teach and take advantage of countless online resources. From virtual courses to education-enhancing streams and videos, a reliable WiFi connection provides improved connectivity in education.
Virtual teaching not only benefits the students; it also provides teachers with a better way to connect with their student base, answer questions, mark assignments and provide feedback, offering improved connectivity in education.
Real-world connections
Forget pen pals and stuffy textbooks; access to the wider world breaks down the barriers of language and culture to provide students with a more global connection to their work, and greater knowledge on a wide scale. Anything from history to geography and languages can be enhanced with online learning tools and access to high-quality forms of teaching that wouldn’t even exist a generation ago.
The ability to connect and interact with other students globally offers not only a richer way to immerse themselves in unique and vibrant cultures, but also provides students with a way to develop social and cultural skills that will continue to benefit them later in life
Experience for the future
Technology isn’t only an essential for a well-rounded and evolved learning experience. With the majority of jobs and even university positions requiring a minimum level of computer literacy and digital savvy; providing your education setting with great WiFi, like whose offered by Aerohive, can provide your students with a way to evolve latent online skills.
From research and development to specialised technological advancements like coding and web design, a stellar WiFi connection can provide a window to future higher education and careers.
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With the new year rolling in, the age of tomorrow is dawning on us. Gone are the days when to log on to the World Wide Web we needed a home telephone, a thousand different wires and the hope that no one else within ten miles was online at the same time. Today we enjoy wireless networks that allow fluid and seamless connectivity. Analysts estimate in 2018 WiFi could grow to 300 million hotspots globally, but as of now, which nation has the fastest public WiFi?
5. The UK
The United Kingdom edges into the top five with more foundations being laid, especially in London, which is the financial centre of Europe. Partner companies, along with the government, worked hard in 2017 to install hundreds of devices in public fixtures such as lamp posts and old phone booths, with these hotspots reportedly having speeds of up to 1Gbps.
4. Denmark
As announced in 2014, Denmark is succeeding in its long-term “smart cities” initiative to have lamp posts detect cyclists and increase their brightness accordingly. They also sense when there’s a bin that needs emptying and serve as free public WiFi hotspots. The scheme is being developed in conjunction with Cisco in Copenhagen.
3. Switzerland
Switzerland remains as one of the front-runners in the fastest public WiFi – locals and tourists can access the internet in areas such as public squares, parks, beaches, and museums. A resort near Davos recently opened a new chairlift that comes with free public WiFi for the eight-minute ride to the top.
2. Singapore
Continuing to impress, Singapore has moved up the list in recent years, which makes sense as this small island-country has become the aerial for WiFi in the Philippines. The government still aims to upgrade the hotspots to faster speeds and reach 20,000 across the country by the end of 2018.
1. Lithuania
Still at the top of the list for fastest public WiFi is Lithuania, with average download speeds of 16.6 Mbps. The country seems very focused on promoting itself as the best option for enterprises to set up shop as it tries to attract more international investment.
Offering WiFi is vital to keep innovation moving. At Redway Networks, we can provide your business with a range of wireless solutions, providing companies with the edge over their competitors. Take that step today by requesting a wireless site survey of your business or contacting us for more information.