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\u00a332 million will be spent to get Cardiff \u2018super connected\u2019, hoping to improve internet speed and availability across the city by 2015.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Along with increased connection speed, Wireless providers will be able to install their wireless equipment on Council street furniture (particularly lamp posts) for a small rental fee. Wi-fi in town will also be free for half an hour a day or free at all times on Cardiff Council and Cardiff tourism sites.<\/p>\n

\u00a316 million will come from \u2018private sector investment\u2019, \u00a312 million from the UK government\u2019s Urban Broadband fund and \u00a34 million from Cardiff Council to improve Wi-fi in schools.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In the hope that the UK will become the best connected country in Europe the government is investing \u00a3114 million in total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u00a332 million will be spent to get Cardiff \u2018super connected\u2019, hoping to improve internet speed and availability across the city by 2015. \u00a0Along with increased connection speed, Wireless providers will be able to install their wireless equipment on Council street furniture (particularly lamp posts) for a small rental fee. Wi-fi in town will also be free for half an hour a day or free at all times on Cardiff Council and Cardiff tourism sites. \u00a316 million will come from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":11295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2188,2189,2190,2191,2192,1068],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-11189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-2188","tag-broadband","tag-connection","tag-grant","tag-internet","tag-online"],"yoast_head":"\nGet 'Super Connected' - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/10\/24\/get-super-connected\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get 'Super Connected' - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  \u00a332 million will be spent to get Cardiff \u2018super connected\u2019, hoping to improve internet speed and availability across the city by 2015. \u00a0Along with increased connection speed, Wireless providers will be able to install their wireless equipment on Council street furniture (particularly lamp posts) for a small rental fee. 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