Zhou Wei's experience is no accident. Yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology officially announced the "four-to-four" map of the free wireless Internet access area that has been opened. In the next three years, in six areas of Beijing, free high-speed wireless Internet access will benefit every citizen and tourist who comes here.
Will soon cover three major railway stations.
According to the introduction of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee, six areas including Xidan, Wangfujing, Olympic Park, Yansha (including Sanlitun and Chaoyang Park), Zhongguancun and Financial Street have been fully opened. In the above areas, operators will provide public bandwidth of 2Mbps. The Municipal Economic and Information Committee is currently coordinating with the Beijing Railway Bureau, and the three major railway stations, Beijing Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing South Railway Station, are expected to achieve free wireless network signal coverage as soon as possible.
In the six areas that have been opened, when the citizens of this city, tourists from other provinces and international tourists are in the signal coverage area announced by the Sifang map, select the "My Beijing" wireless network, click Enter, enter the mobile phone number in the "User Login" area, and then click the "SMS for Password" button. In a short time, the login password will be sent to the user's mobile phone via SMS.
Log in as required, no matter which operator's users can access the network smoothly and realize free wireless Internet access.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee, the coverage areas of wireless network signals in this construction are all "public * * * areas", that is, areas that the public can reach at will, and the proportion of indoor and outdoor signal coverage areas is not clearly defined. The choice of area mainly considers two points, one is crowded, and the other is the possibility of online. Do not deliberately pay attention to businesses, attractions, etc. Some of these areas involve some hotels and shopping malls, mainly because WLAN base stations are built in these locations.
The government pays for public service wireless service.
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom are respectively responsible for the planning, construction, operation and service of the above seven free wireless network signal coverage pilot areas. Among them, Beijing Mobile is responsible for the construction of Xidan, Wangfujing and Olympic Park, Beijing Telecom is responsible for the construction of three major railway stations and financial street, and Beijing Unicom is responsible for the construction of Yansha (including Sanlitun and Chaoyang Park) and Zhongguancun Street.
The Municipal Economic and Information Committee is responsible for determining the unified SSID number and logo of the public welfare wireless access service, and determining the access mode and service duration. According to reports, Beijing wireless city construction is guided by the government and operated in a market-oriented manner. That is, three telecom operators are responsible for the construction, operation and service, mainly commercial operations. The municipal government gives support in terms of policies and unified propaganda caliber, and helps telecom operators solve the difficulties in construction. In the process of operation, the operator is given a scheme of "building first, then subsidizing".
165438+1At the end of October, Xidan, Wangfujing, Olympic Park, Financial Street, Yansha (including Sanlitun and Chaoyang Park), Zhongguancun Street and other areas have achieved signal coverage and entered the testing stage. At the "20 11Smart City High-level Forum" held on February, 65438, the Municipal Economic and Information Committee gave some financial support and subsidies to the three major operators.
It is understood that the main difficulty of the three major operators in the construction process is the location of base stations, which requires operators to coordinate with property rights units or management departments in the region. During this period, the Municipal Economic and Information Committee has coordinated with two levels of government departments in urban areas to support operators to build wireless local area networks in relevant areas.
Increase the coverage area next year
It is understood that six areas, such as Xidan and Wangfujing, which have opened free wireless networks, and the three major railway station areas to be opened soon belong to the main construction tasks of 20 1 1 of Beijing's Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Urban Informatization and Major Information Infrastructure Construction (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), that is, "supporting telecom operators to select some crowded public areas to carry out pilot projects, and the pilot period is. In 20 12, pilot areas such as transportation hubs and tourist attractions will be appropriately increased. Whether to continue after three years depends on the situation. "
According to the plan, more than 200,000 wireless access points (AP) will be built in the city during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, so as to achieve full WLAN coverage of airports, railway stations, high-end business districts, star-rated hotels, schools, transportation hubs, subways, buses and other public transport vehicles. Realize the unified authentication and convenient access of WLAN; In crowded public areas, the government purchases basic services and provides public welfare wireless broadband access.
Regarding "it depends", the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee said that the network access technology is developing rapidly, and there may be newer and faster network access methods in three years.
According to the data provided by the Municipal Economic and Information Committee, in 20 1 1 year, the city plans to build 4,350 new 3G base stations and 90,000 new WLAN wireless access points, and initially achieve full WLAN coverage in hotspots and key areas such as airports, star-rated hotels, high-end office buildings, campuses and transportation hubs. Test WLAN coverage in public transport and subway. By the end of this year 1 1, about 20,000 3G base stations have been built in the city. A total of about 104500 WLAN access points have been built, covering airports, key business districts, office buildings, Olympic central area, some universities and other areas.
Visit at once
Strong signals are concentrated outdoors—
"It's cold to stand outside and surf the Internet."
The signal coverage areas shown in the "Four Directions" diagram are mostly outdoor square areas.
The author came to Wangfujing for a field test and tested all access points with a mobile phone that supports wireless Internet access. At the south entrance of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, the signal "My Beijing" immediately appeared on the mobile phone, and the signal was full (three grids). Go north 10 meter and walk to the entrance of Dongfang Xintiandi. The signal of "My Beijing" still exists, but it is reduced to one format. When "My Beijing" is checked in the mobile phone WLAN settings, the display is inaccessible. The deeper you enter the gate of Xintiandi in the East, the weaker the signal becomes until it disappears. When the signal is weak, Baidu, Sina Weibo, WeChat and other commonly used web pages and software can't be opened.
According to the map, in the whole Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, all areas marked with signal coverage are full of signal strength, and it takes no more than 5 seconds to open pages such as Baidu map, Sina homepage and public comment. The closer you get to large shopping centers and restaurants, the weaker the signal, and there is no signal in Quanjude, Sun Dong 'an Square and Wangfujing Department Store.
Lu Xin, who tried to surf the Internet wirelessly with "My Beijing", found that the signal coverage area on the pedestrian street is not coherent, that is, the signal is stable when standing in a fixed area, but once walking, the signal may be weak or unable to access the network.
"It's too cold! Stand outside and surf the internet. " Lu Xin took off his gloves and fingered his mobile phone. The back of her hand was red with cold.
In her opinion, surfing the Internet in public areas is more suitable for users of mobile phones and tablets, and it is too difficult to plug in laptops.
In other areas, the author has experienced that except Zhongguancun Book City, some bars in Sanlitun, some parking lots and business hotels in Xidan, most of the strong signal areas are concentrated outdoors.
The coverage area lacks hints-
"I wish I had a reminder."
"Is there a free wireless signal here?" In the Sea Building of Haidian Book City in Zhongguancun, the service staff faced such a problem and said, "I'm not sure, it seems ok." The author traveled all over the wireless signal coverage area from the first floor to the fifth floor of Ocean Building, Haidian Book City, Zhongguancun. The signal strength here is very good, but few people take out their mobile phones to surf the Internet. I asked 20 booksellers and book buyers at random, and almost no one knew that free wireless network signals could be received here.
"You can also access the Internet wirelessly? Great, what is the name of the wireless network? " When he learned that he could surf the Internet wirelessly, Xiao Zhang, a college student, pointed to more than a dozen network names appearing on his mobile phone and asked the author excitedly. However, she said that if no one told me that there were so many screen names, I really didn't know which one could be connected for free. Some network names are not locked, but a connection password is usually required. Even if it is connected, I don't know if there will be any extra charge.
After experiencing in Xidan Commercial Street, Olympic Park, Financial Street, Blue Harbor and other areas, the author found that when users are in the coverage area of public welfare wireless broadband signals, they will not receive prompt messages or other prompt information. If users don't actively search for signals and log on to the webpage, they won't find the introduction and login methods of public welfare wireless broadband.
"You can send a welcome message to a city by train. It would be nice if this wireless signal also has prompt information. It's best to have a brief introduction to let everyone know what my Beijing is and how to use it. Otherwise, such a good wireless network will be wasted if no one knows it. " Xiao Zhang said.
During the interview, a citizen suggested that in some high-end commercial districts, corresponding bulletin boards could be set up, prompting that "this is a free wireless network access area", which can not only inform, but also enhance the commercial taste of this area.
Can free wireless internet access the mall-
"Business support should be based on merchants"
Longxinyuan Community is located at the intersection of Cui Lin Road and Hui Ke Road. Miss Lin lives outside Hui Ke Road in this community. "I searched my Beijing signal with my mobile phone, but I had to open the window to get a weak signal. The Internet is not very stable. " Miss Lin said.
Miss Lin, who can receive the signal by opening the window, is just a lucky one. When visiting several communities near Taipingqiao Street, Maidian Street and Xindong Road, I found that there was no signal of "My Beijing" in the outdoor public areas of the communities. When consulting the operator's customer service staff, the response is that the community should not be regarded as a public * * * area.
Miss Chen, a Hong Kong resident who runs a tea shop in Sanlitun, is very satisfied with My Beijing. She said that in foreign countries and Hong Kong and Macao, wireless Internet access in public areas is a habit of many people. It has become a fashion to drink coffee, eat hot dogs, watch the news and chat online at the same time. At present, many business districts in Beijing can have free wireless Internet access, and the popularity is definitely increasing, which can increase the flow of people. It is definitely a good thing for shops facing the street.
In a random interview with Dongfang Xintiandi, Miss Yin, who came to shop, expressed the hope that the signal could cover such a large shopping center. After all, compared with outdoor shopping, online shopping experience here is better.
Many business experts say that for a business environment, a free wireless network is a supporting facility. Businesses like Starbucks and McDonald's set up free wireless networks not to attract people to surf the Internet, but to attract people to spend by enriching their service experience. So attracting popularity is their main goal. Building a free wireless network in a large shopping center is not a completely public welfare act, so it is more appropriate for merchants to take the lead, because they will find a balance between supporting investment and attracting popularity.