Now the users can avail a free wireless network from BE Broadband as a  part of the Freerunner scheme. BE Broadband will offer this wireless network to around to forty-six communities which are currently not connected to Internet.

All the communities selected in the competition held in summers will be provided with a free wifi. Regardless of the Internet connections occurring in the area presently, the users can receive this free wifi for a timeperiod of around 3 years.

The CEO of Freerunner, Owen Geddes, said: “BE will be providing a broadband connection to those that don’t have any connection at all, completely free of charge as part of this project. It is incredible to think that a small piece of relatively low cost technology is going to fundamentally change nearly 50 communities across the UK.”

The communities that have been chosen for the Freerunner project are all “underserved or remote communities that desperately need access to the Internet”.

“We’re proud to be part of the Freerunner missions and agree that wifi should be more widely available,” added Tom Williams, head of operations at BE Broadband. “Freerunner’s attitude reminds me of what BE did for broadband when we created the first UK ADSL 2+ network. Our members are more likely to hang out in independent shops and cafes, so we’re proud to hook up Freerunner communities with fast and unlimited broadband.

The chosen communities include a youth club and local area in Torrington, Devon all the way north to Stromness in the Orkney Islands.

Michael Phillips, Broadbandchoices.co.uk product director, said: “The Freerunner scheme is doing a great job of getting local communities online – many of which suffer from little or no connectivity at all. And because it’s free, and focused around local community centres, churches and libraries, it will benefit even more people, many of whom might not otherwise have been able to take advantage of the huge benefits that the Internet offers.”