Arte e Cultura
Netitude Links World's Literati and Twitterati at Hay Festival 2014
With live BBC multi-channel programs and news broadcasts now taking place at this and other popular events, Netitude had to develop new technologies to meet even higher demands for fast communication and live social media links among presenters, audiences, friends and followers around the world.
Described as a 'digital black hole', the Hay Festival site is in a beautiful but remote location many miles from any broadband links robust enough to meet the high demands of today's major events. Netitude had only few days for site checks and technical design, and then the race was on to commission satellite links and configure equipment.
Netitude Managing Director, Adam Harling , said "We were delighted to be asked to provide Wi-Fi technology for such a prestigious event. Knowing that Hay's new President, Stephen Fry , has nearly 7 million Twitter followers meant this would be a major challenge".
Netitude's innovative design leverages multiple satellite upload and download links with advanced Wi-Fi technologies to service 700-800 simultaneous connections. Wi-Fi users can be located anywhere on the 40 acre site and have free access to four separate networks. The weatherproof equipment is monitored live from Netitude's Frome office and onsite, with bandwidth capacities reconfigured as required.
"In the end it all went together as planned," said Nathan Charles , Technical Sales Manager. "In less than 24 hours Netitude can deploy high-capacity networks in even the remotest places and with very wide area coverage."
With Stephen Fry at the helm, the 2014 Hay Festival has an outstanding line-up of over 100 leading authors, poets, musicians, actors and comedians, including Sebastian Faulks , Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Judi Dench . Up to 250,000 visitors are expected to attend the 10-day event.
Netitude Limited, established in Frome in 2001, provides a wide range of IT services and support to major businesses across the South West UK. In addition, Netitude provides specialist broadband, Wi-Fi and audio visual systems to leading Hospitality and Event venues throughout the UK.
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