• Question: When will wifi be available wherever we go? (Like to the beach, in the middle of a field away from civilisation etc.)

    Asked by Francesca to Jackie, Michele, Oliver, Vicky, Yelong on 9 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Vicky Bayliss

      Vicky Bayliss answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      I’m not sure anyone will ever bother investing setting up a network of ireless hubs etc, since 4G seems to provide as good a service. Its much easier to provide a global service from satellites than transmitting across the earth’s surface – like GPS and satellite TV connections.

    • Photo: Oliver Brown

      Oliver Brown answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      Yeah like Vicky said, I think 4G renders it somewhat unnecessary — one of my colleagues doesn’t even have wifi in his house, he just uses his mobile data connection!

    • Photo: Jaclyn Bell

      Jaclyn Bell answered on 14 Mar 2015:

      Yeah, I think 4G has it covered really… I had a little look online and it seems there are a few projects running at the moment to try and provide internet access across the world… My favourite is Google’s ‘Project Loon’ which you can check out here http://www.google.com/loon/ It’s not the conventional wifi you are probably asking about 😉 but I think its a pretty cool idea! 😀

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