Good news! You can now change your Public Wi-Fi password as often as you like. Protect your Wi-Fi Hotspot and keep your Wi-Fi extra secure.
Your account has already been activated and if you haven’t already received an email from us with your details, please get in touch.
What’s more, you can also view the usage at your Wi-Fi hotspot!!
Whilst Public Wi-Fi is the unsupported baby brother of Supafly Wi-Fi, you can still get support through email and now on our facebook page!
Check out the Wi-Fi Support pages here..
How does the free trial work?
After 15 days using your Public Wi-Fi Hotspot, you’ll need to pay for your box by credit-card or bank transfer. And, if you’re not completely satisfied, all you need to do is send it back.
To start your free trial, fill in your details over here or call us on 020 7183 1471 today!
Good news, our friends at PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi are in the process of launching their new content filtering platform.
This means that all Public Wi-Fi Hotspots, new and old, will be filtered to prevent abuse and make sure your customers aren’t looking at illegal websites. Moreover, you no longer need a static public IP address.
We expect this service to go live at the start of next month. We’ll be in touch when things are up and running.
We always knew Starbucks were revolutionaries of the Wi-Fi Hotspot but they’ve gone one step further this time. They’ve launched a new digital network for their Hotspots.
Why are Starbucks going to such lengths to provide Wi-Fi?
CIO, Gillet Stephens has said that more customers log on to Starbuck’s Wi-Fi Hotspots using mobile devices like phones and iPads than laptops.
Starbucks seem to think that more mobile devices mean more people using public Wi-Fi Hotspots. Their figures certainly suggest this. Starbucks US Hotspots get 30 million users a month!
Starbucks are simply changing their Wi-Fi technology to respond to demand.
To improve their coffee houses, US stores now offer their Wi-Fi for free, and Starbucks Wi-Fi Hotspots don’t just offer customers the Internet they interact with them. The Starbucks digital network appears when users connect to a Starbucks Wi-Fi Hotspot and gives users local information as well as news and reviews.
Starbucks value their Wi-Fi customers so much they have built their Wi-Fi system using HTML 5 to accommodate for all the iPad and iPhones logging on.
Thanks to Scobleizer for his interview and article with Gillet Stephens. And to re-ality for the Starbucks shot.
Ok, so ‘When Hackers Attack” isn’t a real headline, but the media love a good shock story, and the dangers of Wireless Internet are a favourite.
Your customers will need to know your Wi-Fi Hotspot is safe and secure.
The login page you get with a Public Wi-Fi hotspot is a great way to make your Wi-Fi secure. They help you control who uses your connection and only let legitimate users get online.
And if you’re not sure what one of these is, take a look at them here.
Get tips on Wi-Fi Hotspot security here…
The Public Wi-Fi Hotspot box is powerful enough to cover most large pubs / cafes / bars. But what if you have several floors or you want to cover two unconnected areas?
To increase the range of your Public Wi-Fi Hotspot, you might need an extra Wireless Access Point or two. You do not need multiple Public Wi-Fi Hotspot boxes – one is enough.
You can connect as many access points as required – they connect to the rear of the Public Wi-Fi box using ethernet cable. You can install these yourself, we can help you or any friendly IT person could do it.
We like to keep abreast of all things digital and found an article this morning about the 17 most dangerous places to be online. While none are going to lead to death (probably), it’s a good idea to familiarise yourselves with them, just in case.
The threats include malicious Flash files that can infect your PC (not mac), Geolocation privacy issues and more. It’s quite a good read.
If you’re out and about on your laptop, iPad, mobile phone or even just surfing at home, it’s better you understand the risks, rather than face the total anialiation of your privacy.
Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to the Internet…
It wasn’t long ago when we were using pseudo names online to hide our real identities.But these days, people are putting everything up there. What’s worse, with services like Foursquare, Twitter and Facebook they’re publishing their exact whereabouts via GPS.
Worrying…
Yes it really is but it’s great news for the scoundrels. Ordinary people are advertising that they’re not at home, are going to be away for a bit – and that their houses are empty and no-one’s coming back anytime soon.
pleaserobme.com (now closed) was setup by a couple of Dutch kids. The site took geographical information about millions of users from various sites and displayed it to the world.
Watch out people and please use the Internet carefully…
