WiFi on the blink at this year’s Web Summit

It appears that the WiFi has been on the blink at this year’s web summit in Dublin.

Several disgruntled visitors at the tech festival took to twitter to express their disappointment and frustration at flaky, sporadic and lethargic connections.

Founder of sharemystorage.com Imran Azam Tweeted tweeted twice that the WiFi was down while Caroline Baldwin, from Computer Weekly, said that online agendas shouldn't be encouraged if you can't guarantee WiFi.

It has also been reported that the inconsistent WiFi connection has lead to great confusion amongst those attending.

There has been no printed guide for this year’s summit, all schedule information for speakers has been made available through an App.

A Web Summit spokeswoman said the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) is responsible for supplying the event's WiFi.

An RDS spokeswoman said: “The RDS Wi-Fi infrastructure has been designed to support high volume usage. The RDS has deployed a high density wireless network from Xirrus which has been proven in large venues throughout Europe and the US.

“While 3,800 users have been connected to the network, some users have experienced difficulty connecting which may reflect the volume and varied nature of devices which the attendees bring to this event. Xirrus are currently working to resolve connectivity issues which users have experienced,” she said.