Wi-Fi technical details
BT Openzone provides businesses with a convenient wireless (Wi-Fi) service they can offer their customers and other visitors.
BT Openzone uses:
- the 2.4GHz radio frequency
- connection speeds of up to 11Mbps, with a range of up to 100 metres
- internet-connected 'wireless LAN base stations'
- IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN protocol
- the same frequency range used by mobile phones*
What Wi-Fi equipment do you need to use BT Openzone in a hotspot?
WLANA
WLANA is a non-profit wireless consortium that has lots of information about wireless LAN.
Go to the WLANA learning centre
Wireless standards
BT Openzone protects the integrity of its network and follows standard wireless security measures to protect your wireless device, including authentication and account security.
* Most Wi-Fi hotspots operate in the same radio frequency ranges as mobile phones. However, hotspots are designed to avoid interference between mobile phones and Wi-Fi devices. Please note that such radio signals are subject to the same forms of degradation occasionally experienced when using a mobile phone. But because you tend to be much nearer to a hotspot, you can simply move a short distance away for a clearer signal.
