British troops get free Wi-Fi
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that British troops on service in Iraq and Afghanistan will have a free wireless internet connection for the first time.
The new service will enable them to surf the web and contact home without leaving their living accommodation.
Work to install the wireless access is due for completion by Easter 2008. The development is part of the defence ministry’s Project Mercury programme, and will follow the installation of telephones and computers with internet access, which is due for completion in December 2007.
A spokesperson for the MoD told GC News on 9 October, 2007: “We have hard wired computers and there is currently a ratio of one to 70 or so troops.
