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Más servicios para expositores y visitantesEasy access to the network with WLAN and new metro station
More services for exhibitors and visitors
The supply of services for exhibitors and visitors of the K 2004 has expanded even more. The new metro station which will be opened in the northern part of the fairground of Düsseldorf will leave at the door of the fair to all users of public transport. In addition, the new wireless LAN installed in the enclosure, one of the largest in Europe, will enable an Internet connection without wires and extremely fast.
The new station of the North enters service on time for the opening of the K 2004, that it will open its doors in Düsseldorf on 20 October and runs until the 27th. The station which desembarcarán passengers of the line or 78 from the Central station of Düsseldorf is a building of wide and luminous spaces leading by a staircase directly to the North entrance of the compound and, from there, all the halls. This new connection with the public transport network is an argument more for visitors and exhibitors will be easier to leave the car at home. Especially taking into account that all the passes of the K 2004 include free travel of return daily to the fair with the integrated transport network in the Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) and Rhein-Sieg (VRS) area. In addition, the scope of validity of the free ticket has expanded considerably and includes a large number of neighboring cities of Düsseldorf.
The station which desembarcarán passengers of the line or 78 from the Central station of Düsseldorf is a building of wide and luminous spaces leading by a staircase directly to the North entrance of the compound and, from there, all the halls.
Visitors and nearly 2,800 international exhibitors - who have again exhausted the fairground of Düsseldorf for the 2004 K - exhibition area may connect to the Internet directly from your computer to check information, consult your mail or exchanging data with your companyfor example. All this thanks to the WLAN network which is one of the larger and more powerful European LAN wireless networks. The network has already stood the test of fire and is fully operational.
T-Com, one of the subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom AG, has installed more than 100 connection points (the so-called hotspots) for access to the Internet through a wireless network WLAN that covers a total area of site of 285,000 square metres. The network is configured so that can connect to the Internet up to 2,000 computers at the same time, at a speed of data transmission up to 170 times more rapid than that of a network ISDN conventional. This advanced network avoids also the cumbersome wiring equipment.
The procedure is very simple: exhibitors complimented before the start of the fair form that details your connection needs. When the show ends, the service is billed. Visitors have two possibilities of connection to the network: free access to all the information related to the 2004 K and its exhibitors, and a general access fee. The visitor must choose one of the two methods when you sign up with your laptop or PC at hand in the Welcome screen. General access to the Internet can be made by providing the credit card number at the time of the log or through the purchase of the bonds of hours that are sold at the fairgrounds. With the purchase of the voucher, the customer receives your individual access data to connect to the Internet for the purchased time.
