Costa Rica Launches Free Wi-Fi in Underserved Areas ⋆

Costa Rica Launches Free Wi-Fi in Underserved Areas

Costa Rica‘s telecommunications regulator, Sutel has announced the activation of the first 23 sites in its ‘Connected Public Spaces’ initiative to bring Wi-Fi connectivity to digital divide areas throughout the country. costa rica wi-fi

The sites offer free Wi-Fi at speeds of up to 6Mbps and will be funded by resources from the National Telecommunications Fund (Fonatel).

A total of 515 sites including parks, libraries, train stations, civic centers, and public universities, in 82 cantons will have hotspots installed, said Sutel. In total, 515 Zii Zones will be connected and distributed as follows: 419 public spaces (parks and squares), 28 train stations of the Costa Rican Railway Institute (Incofer) , 61 public libraries, the National Library System (SINABI) and 7 Civic Centers by peace. In addition, it will benefit more than 100 thousand students who will have access to the Eduroam network of public universities, which will benefit

How to connect? costa rica wi-fi

Anyone can connect to the network for free by executing the following steps:

Activate the WiFi on your device and select the network: Zii_para_todos
Enter the web browser and access the home page
Accept the conditions of use and privacy policies
Enjoy the Internet

The service will be available 24/7 and each zone will have access to 100 Mbps, with a speed per user 6 Mbps (upload and download) and security filters to prevent access to pornography or other violent content.

“We are convinced that the Wi-Fi Internet in these areas will be a development tool for our communities,” explained Engineer Gilbert Camacho, president of the SUTEL Council.

The Public Connected Spaces program will implement 515 Zii Zones in a period of 24 months, first connecting public spaces where there is currently access to services and then adding the places where it is necessary to build infrastructure. For this program, more than 1500 kilometers of fiber-optic networks will be built. costa rica wi-fi