ID and password all set to“wifi” to promote usage

The “2022 Wireless Internet Infrastructure Expansion Project” appears to be ready to start installing Wi-Fi modules to offer free internet access in public venues to locals. The city administration recently completed its inspection of potential sites that are expected to receive these new Wi-Fi modules.

The project will focus on public institutions and facilities (government offices, cultural facilities, health and welfare facilities, etc.) in ten gun/gu districts across Incheon, including Ganghwa and Ongjin-gun. More specifically, it has selected 773 locations most frequently accessed by locals to maximize uptake.

▲ The “2022 Wireless Internet Infrastructure Expansion Project” appears to be ready to start installing Wi-Fi modules to offer free internet access in public venues to locals. The city administration recently completed its inspection of potential sites that are expected to receive these new Wi-Fi modules.

Unlike in the past, this project also chose 40 locations based on the feedback city officials collected from locals to expand the coverage of its free Wi-Fi network to districts in the old city center with poor access to Wi-Fi and mobile network access in public venues.

The City’s administration has long been trying to work with the central government to build the communication infrastructure locals need, and it has consulted expert groups to offer public Wi-Fi to coastal passenger vessels to Ongjin-gun and other locations with poor Wi-Fi coverage. Upon launching this new project, Incheon conducted on-site inspections of previously built facilities, and it said that it plans on making every effort to improve the satisfaction level of locals by providing better quality services, which includes replacing old and outdated Wi-Fi equipment.

▲ The goal of this Wi-Fi project is to install modules in a total of 773 locations with the highest user traffic to make sure the public Wi-Fi network is actually useful to the locals who use the service.

To use the public Wi-Fi modules installed as part of this project, users can use an open SSID(PublicWifi@Free) network or use a secure PublicWifi@Secure network where they would need to enter an ID and password. As for the latter, both the secure ID and password are “wifi,” and officials said the City’s administration plans on promoting the network to maximize uptake.