Wi-Fi network.Antigua Noun 1. Antigua - the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda - a country in the northern Leeward Islands Antiguan - a native or inhabitant of Antigua & Barbuda Barbuda: see Antigua and Barbuda. is now live with a Wi-Fi network See wireless Ethernet and 802.11. service provided by Antigua Computer Technology (ACT), using Tropos Networks' MetroMesh Wi-Fi network solution, reports Caribbean Net News (Dec. 3, 2007). The wireless network, servicing more than 40% of the population, is also being used to introduce computer-based curriculum and technology into the public schools through mobile computer classrooms and fixed internet centers that have access to the network. ACT, locally owned and based here, is the largest Wi-Fi (WIreless-FIdelity) A logo from the Wi-Fi Alliance that certifies network devices comply with the IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet standards. In the early 2000s, Wi-Fi/802.11 became widely used (initially 802.11b, then 802. service provider in the Eastern Caribbean, said Managing Director Salomon Doumith. In 2008, plans are for 7,798 students to have access to ACT's Wi-Fi network. This includes 14 primary schools, with 2,796 students, and nine secondary schools, with 5,002 students. |
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