TBi makes Hamilton a Wi-Fi hot spot

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Visitors to Hamilton will no longer have to incur costly roaming charges to send an e-mail or post a picture of Bermuda on their Facebook.

TeleBermuda International (TBi) has helped the City of Hamilton turn the whole city into a Wi-Fi hot spot. The service officially launched yesterday.

Instead of getting a shocking cell phone bill up on their return, tourists can now log on to the new citywide Wi-Fi network.

To access the network, users should select “WiFiZone by TBi” under their available Wi-Fi networks.

Once on the network, they’ll be prompted to go to the TBi website where they can pay by credit card to use the network.

Visitors and residents alike can access the network at a rate of $3 for an hour, $9.99 for the day, $14.99 for 3 days or $29.99 for a month.

For those not wanting to pay with a credit card, vouchers will be available for purchase at City Hall. Soon, they’ll be available at retailers throughout the city.

“In today’s busy and ever demanding technological environment, the City wanted to be able to offer the service so anyone who has a need to quickly and easily respond to e-mail messages and visit websites as required, can do so securely from any public area,” said Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge. “Seamless internet access has gone from being a nice to have, to a requirement for busy people in the city, including our visitors.”

“TBi is very pleased to power the new Hamilton Wi-Fi network which provides a new way for locals and visitors to connect to the internet through Hamilton’s public areas.” said Gregory Swan, president and CEO of TBi. “Customers on the go can enjoy a convenient connection from their Wi-Fi enabled laptops, tablets or smartphone devices.”

This isn’t the first Wi-Fi partnership for TBi. Back in March, the company, teamed up with Wedco to turn the whole of Dockyard into a Wi-Fi hot spot.

The new TBi Wi-Fi zones will be welcomed by the tens of thousands of cruise passengers and crew who visit Bermuda in the summer. Up until now, to access the web they have had to go to internet cafes or pay the high cost of cell phone roaming or using cruise ship satellite internet service.

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