ESP8266 Not Working Properly

Thanks for the help so far.

With the following code...

#include <WiFiEsp.h>
#include "SoftwareSerial.h"



const char* ssid     = "MySpectrumWiFi72-2G";
const char* password = "xxx";

#ifndef HAVE_HWSERIAL1

SoftwareSerial Serial1(6, 7); // RX, TX
#endif


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(10);

  // We start by connecting to a WiFi network

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);
  WiFi.init(&Serial);
    WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  


  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.println("Connecting...");
  }

  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  
}

void loop() {

}

I get...

onnecting to MySpectrumWiFi72-2G
[WiFiEsp] Initializing ESP module
AT
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
AT
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
AT
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
AT
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
AT
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
[WiFiEsp] Cannot initialize ESP module
AT+CWJAP_CUR="MySpectrumWiFi72-2G","fancygate667"
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
[WiFiEsp] Failed connecting to MySpectrumWiFi72-2G
AT+CIPSTATUS
[WiFiEsp] >>> TIMEOUT >>>
[WiFiEsp] No tag found
Connecting...

With the last 4 lines repeating.