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Forums › New Zealand Mobile and Wireless › to use the free sparks wifi do you need to buy anything else? like a hotspot connector?
equilor11

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#150994 10-Aug-2014 13:58
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been trying to sort this out. telecom wont tell me anything. the other place wont tell me anything apart from saying its not working there [the wifi]

all i want to do is have access to mobile wifi for my laptop for the week

i didnt think it would be this hard to find this information

my time is limited i only have about 3 hours left before i cant get anything for monday. then i miss out

can i use my phone as a wifi for my laptop???

yes i had to repost and yes i am frustrated.



Can i just update my mobile with 4 gigs for the week? and not need anything else to connect?

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Paulthagerous
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  #1105881 10-Aug-2014 14:29
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Hi equilor11,

Hopefully I can clarify a few things.  If you are on an eligible package, then you can use the Free WiFi hotspots with almost any wifi device - such as your laptop - without having to go through the phone.  So the laptop will connect directly to the WiFi hotspot.  You will still need to use your phone to get a code to authenticate the laptop, but once you recieved the text and entered the code into your browser on the laptop that is all you need the phone for.

On a side note, phones (at least AFAIK) can only either have Wifi OR Hotspot on - not both at the same time.  So you actually couldn't connect to our hotspot through your phone from the laptop.

 

Do also bear in mind that you do have to be physically close to the hotspot to use it; there is a map on our website (link below) to check where the nearest one is.

 



Of course you can buy a data pack for the mobile device, but the WiFi hotspots are there so might as well use it if they are included in your current deal!

More info here:
http://www.spark.co.nz/shop/mobile/whyultramobile/wifi.html

Cheers,

Paulthagerous.

 



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