PARSONS announces start of WI-FI service on SEATTLE/BREMERTON ferry run

PASADENA, CA .– Parsons, in conjunction with Washington State Ferries, is pleased to announce that Wi-Fi service commenced on the Seattle/Bremerton route. The service spans the entire ferry route through Rich Passage and across Puget Sound.

“Providing consistent signal strength across this 15.6-mile stretch of Puget Sound has proven to be a real technological challenge, but with a significant investment in equipment that has created ten new shoreline access points, we are now providing a robust signal from dock to dock on the Bremerton runs,” said Bob Davis, Parsons Vice President. “We’re also pleased to note that the Seattle/Bainbridge route received Wi-Fi transmission upgrades during the latest phase of service improvement.”

Parsons is offering one week of free Wi-Fi service to commuters who sign up to take a short survey on Wi-Fi use and preferences. Interested ferry riders can sign up at www.wsf-wifi.com.

Washington State Ferries’ Wi-Fi has become the largest commercial, over-the-water Wi-Fi system in the world. Routes include Edmonds/Kingston, Mukilteo/Clinton, the newly improved Seattle/Bainbridge route, plus the new Seattle/Bremerton route. Parsons plans to add the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth run before the end of January with signal feeds from the route’s three terminals plus five shoreline feed points.

Parsons is one of the largest 100% employee-owned management, engineering, and construction companies in the United States and operates Wi-Fi installations in 30 airports across the United States and Canada. Parsons also manages the world’s largest railroad Wi-Fi system, providing service on VIA Rail Canada for more than 460 trains per week across a 14,000-kilometer network.

Parsons, celebrating more than 60 years of setting industry standards, is a leader in many diversified markets such as transportation, life sciences, environmental, water, construction, infrastructure, planning, commercial, industrial manufacturing, communications, healthcare, education and public buildings, critical facilities, nuclear and special materials, and homeland security. Parsons provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide, as well as federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit us at www.parsons.com.



FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Media Contact:
Erin Kuhlman
(626) 440-4590 phone
erin.kuhlman@parsons.com



Bob Davis
(949) 857-6323 phone
robert.davis@parsons.com