' Comstar ' opened the first public Wi-Fi zone in St. Petersburg

announced. the opening of Wi-Fi hotspot in a hotel ... Wireless networks cover the whole territory of the hotel, including rooms, restaurants, meeting rooms and lounges. The hotel installed 11 wireless access points, the standard 802. 11g, which provides data rates up to 54 Mbit / s. In total the company plans to open 50 areas of public wireless Internet access in St. Petersburg.
According to the developer, the main difficulty was designing the network, taking into account the architectural features of ' Marco Polo Saint -Petersburg ', which was built in 1874.
Tariffs for wireless Internet access in St. Petersburg will be the same as in Moscow. By using prepaid cards 'Wi-Fi Comstar' 30 minutes will cost 3 in. e. , 1:00 - 6 in. e. 10 ten o'clock - 40 in. e. , 24 - 48 in. e. ) For MTS also provides SMS- authentication.
Now ' Comstar ' is working to install wireless equipment on two urban locations: Library of Sciences ( Exchange line, 1/1 ) and the Metro stations ' Technological Institute of -1.2 '. The first of these facilities will be commissioned during the first half of July this year.
Source:. Kompyuleta.