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    Knott-Craig takes Wi-Fi to rural E Cape

    News By Agency Staff25 May 2015
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    The rural Eastern Cape is about to get high-speed Internet service though a dedicated Wi-Fi connection.

    Project Isizwe is well known for rolling out the City of Tshwane’s massive Wi-Fi programme, which is part of the city’s vision for universal Internet access.

    But taking Wi-Fi to the Ingwe TVET College on their Mount Frere and Lusikisiki campuses in a pilot project was not without its critics.

    “Everyone says ‘it’s easy in Tshwane, but you can’t do it in a rural area’, but here we are,” Alan Knott-Craig, the brains behind Project Isizwe, said.

    He said that the pilot would focus on the department of education being able to deliver internet access on campus and surrounding areas.

    “The idea is for the deptartment of higher education to deploy free Wi-Fi on campus and for surrounding communities (where students live) throughout the country.”

    The Wi-Fi deployment is scheduled for 17 June and Knott-Craig said that the rural area provided an ideal test bed for how the poor would be able to participate on the Internet.

    “The Eastern Cape is ideal because it is as rural as you get and densely populated. Until we solve connectivity problem there, South Africa will always have a problem.”

    That sentiment is along similar lines of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s drive to push Internet.org, despite criticism the platform has received.

    “Giving people free access is the right thing to do. Facebook will keep connecting more people and more countries, and won’t stop until every person in the world can connect to the Internet,” Zuckerberg said when he announced the availability of the platform in Malawi.

    In South Africa, Tshwane’s city-wide Wi-Fi programme continues to grow beyond expectations.

    The service is now available in 96 wards with 575 live sites. Project Isizwe boasts 161 577 users of the service, up from just 1 567 in 2013.

    In the Western Cape, Stellenbosch — where the free Wi-Fi project was initiated — is still considering how to best offer citizens Internet access.

    “We continue to try to engage the municipality but they are going through an internal process (two years and counting) as to how to take Stellenbosch Free Wi-Fi forward,” said Knott-Craig.  — Fin24

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