The Queen Mary installs BPL for its tourists’ internet access

Sunday 2 July 2006 by Edward.

Aaron Okajima, IT Manager for the Queen Mary commented “I had been searching for a company to (wire) this ship for quite some time. It is not an easy task – the Internet signal has to penetrate the ship’s thick metal walls to provide the necessary coverage, and there were aesthetic considerations ….” Telkonet lit up the entire 70-year-old ship, with 365 hotel rooms, with broadband Internet access in 5 days using 2 workers. “If we had installed conventional CAT-5 cable, Okajima continued, it would have taken at least three months, with a crew of 4 to 6, and would have cost significantly more.
We couldn’t be happier with Telkonet’s solution.”

Queen Mary visitors can now Google ’til they’re giddy.

I will be looking at BPL (Broadband Over Power Line), an alternative solution to traditional internet connections, in meeting tourist and tourism needs, over the months ahead.

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