When talking about freebies nowadays it's hard to come by. However Penang government provides her people with free upgraded broadband WIFI (wireless fidelity). It was reported that the infrastructure of WIFI provider has upgraded their backbone topology bandwidth from 75Mbps to 375Mbps (five times faster) which means those selected hotspots have been upgraded or booster from 512kbps to 1Mbps speed test for end user. Having upgrade done without catchpenny is laudable.
According to Mutiara Buletin source, there will be 600,000 registered users that be going to benefit by this upgrade (FREE internet). That is about 40% of Penang's population. It's been understood that since 2009 the Penang State government has facilitated 1,550 hotspots in stages (Phase One and Two) with the expenses of RM154,200 per month under the state's coffer! (no pun intended)
List of Penang free wifi hotspot locations. There's also a 24-hour Penang Free Wifi hotline (Toll Free) that you could call (1800 87 7790) for assistance in case you need to connect to internet without buying any data line from telcos or just arrive in Penang. Do bookmark the wifi hotspot locations page for your conveniences.
PS: Penang is one of the few cities in the world that provides FREE internet for public domain.
Source: Mutiara Buletin
Penang Free WiFi login/sign-up page.
Boldly go. LLAP
This report is been compiled by VULCAN INT'L Real Estate Research Institute for VULCAN INTERNATIONAL Real Estate Investors Club .
