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#2436178 11-Mar-2020 10:03

The only "reliable" free wifi Ive come across is Auckland Transport. No hassle connecting, very rare it falls over. But obviously need to be at bus stations to access

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#2436199 11-Mar-2020 10:27

Never found a use for it, there are a couple spots around my neighbourhood I drive past occasionally but apart from setting it up and testing it when it was first offered I never used it again. I use wifi at home & work and mobile data everywhere else. Unless you live in range of it I never saw the point.

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#2436236 11-Mar-2020 11:33

huckster:

I am intrigued. Where is the 1000 WiFi zones claim?

Not hard to find:

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2436311 11-Mar-2020 12:42

Off to see my optometrist.

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#2449030 28-Mar-2020 18:51

xpd:

The only "reliable" free wifi Ive come across is Auckland Transport. No hassle connecting, very rare it falls over. But obviously need to be at bus stations to access

These are supplied by Spark IIRC, unless AT has taken this in-house or given it to another provider. It's been a while since I've used PT regularly so not sure of the current situation. I recall when AT HOP WiFi first started, Spark's APs broadcasted both AT HOP and Spark WiFi SSIDs. IIRC anyway.

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#2449214 29-Mar-2020 09:21

KiwiSurfer:

xpd:

The only "reliable" free wifi Ive come across is Auckland Transport. No hassle connecting, very rare it falls over. But obviously need to be at bus stations to access

These are supplied by Spark IIRC, unless AT has taken this in-house or given it to another provider. It's been a while since I've used PT regularly so not sure of the current situation. I recall when AT HOP WiFi first started, Spark's APs broadcasted both AT HOP and Spark WiFi SSIDs. IIRC anyway.

That is correct, there are a number of partners that leverage the Spark Free WiFi stack.

But you should be home anyway not out and about looking for phone boxes to get free WiFiz

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