Cafenet News

Absolutely Wi-Fi

11 Dec 2003
Wellington's Lambton Quay now has Wi-Fi access, thanks to CityLink and MediaLab South Pacific. More

Wellington Wi-Fi World First

5 Dec 2003
Wellington's position as New Zealand's Innovation Capital has received a boost with the launch of a Wi-Fi network that stretches end-to-end along Lambton Quay, New Zealand's highest pedestrian count street. More

WiFi on the trains - but not in NZ

2 Dec 2003
Rail company GNER have introduced Britain's first mobile Wi-Fi network on board its trains. From today the public will be able to use the network, free of charge to first-class passengers, on three daily services on the east coast mainline. More

Fredericton Leads Way With Wireless Technology

26 Nov 2003
The City of Fredericton announced this morning that it has launched Fred-eZone, a free wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network that will allow anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or personal data assistant (PDA) to access their e-mail, calendar or the internet in many of the municipality's public areas. More

Keeping Up With Wi-Fi

19 Nov 2003
During baseball season, the air at minor-league Raley Field in Sacramento, Calif., is filled with more than fly balls, cheers and the faint aroma of hot dogs and sauerkraut. Streams of data also pervade the stadium, the result of the magic of wireless Internet access, or Wi-Fi. More

CafeNET at GOVIS Conference

12 Nov 2003
CafeNET is being used by delegates and exhibitors at the GOVIS 2003 Conference starting today at the Wellington Town Hall. More

Portland Hotel offers CafeNET

4 Nov 2003
CafeNET's newest location in the Thorndon Quarter is the Portland Hotel (www.portlandhotel.co.nz) in Hawkestone St. More

Free hot spots pay dividends

3 Nov 2003
At first glance, it might not make sense for profit-making businesses to give away, rather than charge for, wireless Internet access. But a growing number of hotels and restaurants have found that it pays to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access. This perk attracts customers and provides a real bottom-line payback for a relatively small capital investment, according to free-Wi-Fi pioneers. More

New CafeNET Product

3 Nov 2003
Are you a CityLink customer? Ever felt that you could really benefit from access to your Corporate LAN whilst away from the office? More

Ubiquity Breeds Utility

29 Oct 2003
In the late 1980s, Dartmouth College was the most wired campus on the planet, running 10Mb Ethernet into every dorm room. Today, Dartmouth is the most unwired campus on the planet, with 560 access points covering 200 acres. At a recent conference here, Larry Levine, the head of computing services, challenged attendees to find a single spot on campus and surrounding areas that did not have 802.11 coverage. Even the boathouse, adjacent sections of the Connecticut river, the ski lodge, and sections of the ski slope are covered! More

Toshiba adds VoIP to handheld

29 Oct 2003
Toshiba launched on Thursday two updated Pocket PC handhelds, including a business-oriented model that features built-in wireless networking with voice over Internet Protocol capabilities. More

Telecom trials wireless hotspots at airports

28 Oct 2003
Telecom is trialling wireless "WiFi" hotspots in four Koru club lounges in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. More

Calling all Lawyers

14 Oct 2003
Are you in the legal fraternity and use CafeNET? More

Changes to CafeNET log in process - Please read before you log in!

6 Oct 2003
From today (3:30pm) the CafeNET login pages will have a new look and feel. These changes have been made to streamline the log in process, the main changes are: More

What is New on CafeNET?

5 Oct 2003
CafeNET has a new look and many of these changes have resulted from your feedback. The main changes are: More

New CafeNET locations

5 Oct 2003
CafeNET locations continue to pop up all over the Wellington CBD. More