Internet access from the show floor - globally inadequate

I was interested to see David Shaw's post about bandwith at trade shows in the US. It seems this is a universal problem. I have just finished a lengthy discussion with some clients who were immensely frustrated by slow Internet access at one of the larger trade shows in China's newest and largest exhibition hall in Guangzhou. They spoke of web pages taking 2 - 3 minutes to load over what was supposed to be a broadband connection.

Hong Kong's new venue, AsiaWorld-Expo, has recently announced a wide-ranging tie up with PCCW to provide what it claims will be state-of-the-art telecoms facilities. We trust that sluggish web access and wi-fi blind spots should be a thing of the past as the next generation of centres opens in Asia in the coming months.