Crestline Village now offers WiFi

Visitors to Crestline Village can now get free WiFi on mobile phones and laptops.

As of Aug. 13, the Crestline WiFi service area includes the TotLot, the Crestline Elementary School playground and adjacent playing field, and the outdoor areas of Crestline Village. 

This is the second area in Mountain Brook to have wireless services installed. In July Overton Park’s service went live.

Other areas scheduled for public WiFi installations in fiscal year 2014 include the high school athletic complex, Mountain Brook Village, Overton Village and English Village.

 Wireless devises should now detect a “City WiFi” network in Overton Park, City IT Director Steve O’Dell said. Once selected, users will see a Mountain Brook splash page come up and be able to accept terms and conditions. Any time the network is accessed after that, no log in will be necessary.

The City installed a router and firewall for limited control of site access and viruses.

“We are excited to offer wireless for the community,” O’Dell said. “We can already see people using it at Overton.”

For Crestline, the equipment and one-time installation costs totaled $2,300.  The recurring costs are estimated to be $1,200 annually for the internet connection, firewall and content filtering service.