A Derbyshire IT firm has completed a big project to speed up the wifi at the National Justice Museum in Nottingham.
IDT, on Mercian Park in Ilkeston, has designed, built and installed a new system that will speed up corporate and guest connections across not only the museum, but also at its City of Caves attraction.
IDT’s engineers carried out heat map surveys to make sure they would be able to provide connectivity in each corner of the museum and caves, before laying down cables and access points.
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Managing director Luke Draper said: “Designing and implementing the wifi for the museum posed unique wireless engineering challenges.
“Physically getting cables down into the Caves and cells deep in the depths of the museum was honestly one of the most complex wifi deployments we have carried out.”
“The wifi network in today’s world is the foundation of any interactive user experience in any museum.
“The work we have carried out will enable the museum’s visitors to interact with the tours and the attractions through their own devices safely and Covid securely across the two sites.”
Victoria Reeves, chief executive of the National Justice Museum, said: ““We have known for a while what the benefits of a complete site-wide, wifi solution would give us but our building architecture has always been too restrictive to even consider it.
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“Once we commissioned IDT, they just took control and handled everything. They didn’t just look at a simple solution, they wanted to ensure we got the best solution.
“Being forced to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic gave us the opportunity to invest in getting the Museum ready for reopening in May this year.
“We have been very fortunate to have been supported with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Art Fund to complete this project.
“Many of us take wifi for granted wherever we go, having seen the hard work that goes on in the background to present this to our visitors, I have even further respect for IDT and the work they have carried out.”