Bournemouth's free Wi-Fi service attracts 116,000 users

Since it went live a year ago, Bournemouth’s free Wi-Fi service has seen 116,272 users login to the network, with activity peaking this August. During the Air Festival the network was used by more than 4,000 people.

User data collected shows that 58 per cent of users speak English as their first language with 42% speaking a foreign language as their first language - primarily German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Portuguese.

Of all users, 58 unique languages were identified, reflecting the cosmopolitan character of the town.

The average age user of the service is 28 years old; the oldest being 98 years old and the youngest 11 years old.