Nijar working to become first municipality with Wi-Fi coverage

    In a recent council meeting the ayuntamiento of Nijar approved the first steps towards buying telecommunications equipment and systems to set up Wi-Fi internet coverage for the a large part of the municipality, an area which includes many villages within the Cabo de Gata natural park. This will make it the first in the province to provide this type of connection. The objective of the town council is to help make local businesses, especially those involved in rural tourism, more competitive as many complain that they have difficulties in accessing broadband connection in the natural park. Apart from benefiting the business community the scheme will provide local residents with a cheaper alternative to the traditional internet access, with the new system estimated to cost 18 euros a month to individual users compared to the 40 euros charged monthly by companies like Telefonica.