Open and free wifi for Dalkey book festival

We WiFi-ed Dalkey….

FreeFi was in a position to connect and manage various networks  for businesses and visitors to the Dalkey Book Festival this year. We provided a shared and  ‘managed’ open wifi ‘mesh’ throughout Castle street (the main street) of Dalkey. This meant Free and open wifi access through Freefi up to 80% coverage of the main street.

FreeFi-Dalkey

FreeFi-Dalkey

The Dalkey Book Festival 2011 was an amazing success again this year for the village..

David McWilliams and his wife, Sian, a bunch of volunteers and a fantastic local business group were unified. The village of Dalkey was vibrant, full of life and atmosphere.

@davidmcw gives a mention

@davidmcw gives a mention

Many thanks David.

Right in the centre of the the town, BBQ  food and music filled the Tramyard. Home to The farmers Market and multiple other businesses, the Tramyard also has Open and free wifi too.

The Tramyard Cafe in the heart of Dalkey

The Tramyard Cafe in the heart of Dalkey

Overall, it must be said, Dalkey, like every small village and town, needs to pull together in business and community if they are to survive the banking and liquidity crisis.

FreeFi appreciate the support and hope to continue to ‘connect’ the visitors and locals to the web.

Another new business opened just in time for the Dalkey book festival. Another location to open and share their wifi. The corner note cafe has an eclectic clientèle already.

FreeFi-Corner-Note-Dalkey

FreeFi Corner Note Dalkey

Finnegans Pub, 200 meters the Dalkey Dart station also opened up their wifi.

Finnegans have open wifi through Freefi

Finnegans have open wifi through Freefi

Dalkey’s heritage centre  opened up their wifi for visitors to the town.

Dalkey Heritage Centre

Dalkey Heritage Centre with Free wifi

Other establishments along the main street opened their wifi too with a special mention for Crowley’s Chemist. We were delighted to work with the Dalkey Book Festival this year, we can confirm hundreds of users per day of the open and free wifi Dalkey is providing. What a great way to allow your visitors to share their experiences through open wifi and social media.





Free wifi

I’ve alway’s tried explaining to folks visiting Ireland the role a “Pub” plays within Irish society. Perhaps this has changed? Pubs used to be the platform for social networks, in some locations that remains to be the story, the timeline, and in some locations there is a merge of the two.

Connectivity and the people profile are both key factors here. Those of us with children and different commitments connect virtually whilst having different operating times and locations. We still like to connect with mates when they are out and about. For those of us out on a night or even out for an hour, it’s dead handy to suck our email through a fast straw or check our Facebook. We can bookmark our location and let our friends know about the great night we are having ;) AND it has free wifi. Two worlds are merging, that of the physical and virtual. The night out with Facebook and twitter…let’s say!

Mobile operators are also ripping us off with data charges, they don’t want you to have wifi phones, they never did, they know they lose the power over your bill when you start connecting to free wifi locations. This is a win for you and the publican.

Free and open wifi should be everywhere, that’s why we started FreeFi, you don’t pay a penny to upload or download, you don’t have a voucher with 26 digit keys to input, you don’t even have advertising to watch first. It’s a service, your publican pays for it, an extra service for you to avail of !…. tell your local publican it’s what you want. If it’s business as usual you’re losing business Mr. Publican … http://www.freefi.ie ! We’re coming up to St. Patrick’s Day… how many of your mates are coming home and could benefit from a free WIFI connection… FreeFi on the door ? Ask your publican ;) Tourists coming to Ireland will look for Free Wifi because roaming charges are extremely expensive. FreeFi is here to help, it’s an additional service of value to those that don’t have a data plan with their mobile operator, those that cannot connect because of location and those friends and guest’s that are visiting Ireland.. it could be Rugby, it could be Sailing, it could be business either way the connected world will go to your establishment because simply put, free connectivity means more conversation.

Free Wifi adds value