WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces across Europe

Re:WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces a... by ExoticPearTree on Sunday October 06, 2024 @12:31PM (#41758252)

There have been projects like this in the past. At least in some parts of Europe, they worked just for the minimum mandated period at the minimum mandated speeds. And the equipment bought was marked up heavily.

And looking at the prices for enterprise grade WiFi these days... 15K EUR goes very little.

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Re:WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces a... by matt-p on Sunday October 06, 2024 @01:52PM (#41758763)

For this purpose unifi or similar is more than adequate, each hotspot is presumably just one or two APs.

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Re:WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces a... by arielcostas on Sunday October 06, 2024 @02:28PM (#41759022)

I can't disclose many details, but at the company I work at they did some Wifi4EU installs, and use Ubiquiti hardware, without noticeable reliability issues. Installs do have more APs usually, like for public buildings, libraries... But usually no more than ten. Can be handled with one UniFi Controller and a few APs, so no worries.

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