According to Sikes (Director of IT Services), the new network was immediately hailed as a success and a positive step for the city, supporting the Mayor’s and Council’s goal to attract young professionals to the area with the promise of free CityLink Wi-Fi in these public areas. With the extra bandwidth capacity, the city has also been able to expand services – at the city’s annual Geranium Festival, the number of devices able to connect downtown multiplied from an average of just 60 to over 2,000 devices. Over 450 users were connected to the downtown Wi-Fi at the high point of the festivities.