Lynraskt internett i nord
Øde steder langt fra sentrale strøk pleier ha dårlig dekning for internett. Slik er det ikke lenger på Svalbard. Gjennom et samarbeid hvor Telenor er involvert, får Longyearbyen avansert og rask nettdekning.
The project, installing fibre optic cables at a cost of 12 million kroner ($2 million), has resulted in household internet speeds of 50 megabits per second. To put that speed in perspective, the average internet connection worldwide is 18 megabits per second. Only Japan and Hong Kong post faster average speeds.
“Longyearbyen is quite simply one of the world’s most advanced societies in miniature,” said Frode Støldal, CTO of Telenor Norway.