Bristol Wireless News

Bristol is to build on its growing international reputation for e-communications and digital technologies and media by bidding to become the UK’s top digital city.

A partnership of business, community and city council leaders believes the city can win the government’s £7 million ‘Digital Challenge’, announced yesterday by Minister for Local E-Government Jim Fitzpatrick.

Bristol is already one of the top European locations for wi-fi network provision, digital technology research and development, creative industries and online service delivery, public consultation and democratic engagement.

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Bristol Wireless is taking an active part in supporting the bid and highlighting the value of our network, and our core activities, in helping to bridge the digital divide within the city.

A brief scare went round Bristol Wireless early in November when our favourite model AP looked like it was going to be killed off by Linksys, the company that manufacture the WRT54G.

Fortunately Linksys look like they know who it is that has popularised and recommended their device to make it the biggest selling Wireless router on the market and have brought out the Linksys WRT54G”L” specifically aimed at us Community Network “Hobbyists”

Not sure what I think about us being called “hobbyists”, much prefer the term Venture-Altruists