City makes waves with free wi-fi roll-out

cables had been laid, and currently free wi-fi was available at all local municipal libraries.

The city intended to have rolled out 750 wi-fi access points within three years.

“There are more areas that will be identified once more funds are made available,” she said.

Mthethwa said this initiative would allow more people in rural areas to get connected to the internet, and would help them in their everyday lives.

“Mobile users will receive 250 megabytes a day per device in the pilot phase. We are excited that this project is finally taking shape, and are positive that this will bring smiles to many Durbanites,” she added.

Equally excited is uMlazi resident Mduduzi Khumalo.

“Wi-fi is the new convenient source of connection, and the city’s decision is welcomed. It will be a great technology benefit for a township to have a wi-fi community. “Communication will come cheaper, especially when we are so technology-advanced that we make voice and video calls over data connections… ” he said. 082 911 (Fire, disasters, Metro Police) 080 13 13 111 (Street lights, outages, illegal connections, cable theft) 080 131 3013

Picture: CLINTON MOODLEY Phindile Shozi of uMlazi and Sithemeile Mkhwanazi of Lamontville think the city is very thoughtful to have given wi-fi to townships, which will enable ordinary people to connect to the internet and with each other.