Thought this was quite amusing Perth claiming the first city wide internet. We were in Adelaide in August and they were spruiking all over that they had the first city wide internet in Australia, so who knows. Maybe Perth was the first in Western Australia and Adelaide the first in Central Australia. Let Brisbane and Sydney fight it out for the first in Eastern Australia
I think the Perth claim is correct, according to this August 2013 link Adelaide will not have theirs until early 2014....See this from an earlier post;
I think it is amusing Perth seems to have beat Adelaide to the punch!
Gary, it was on TV tonight, apparently the Perth Wi Fi link will show up on your phone/laptop, click on that, click on agree to the conditions and you have 50MB for 1 hour free. They showed someone in the city making a Skype connection with his wife in NZ.....
-- Edited by Duh on Wednesday 6th of November 2013 10:11:49 PM
Duh said
10:33 PM Nov 6, 2013
Perth is the first city in Australia to provide free blanket wifi internet in the CBD as from today. Users can log on for 1 hour free, but can log on again for further time after each hour. See;
How do wi-fi hot spots work? At the mo, I log on to the net by dialling my ISP via a wireless modem.
Duh said
03:34 AM Nov 7, 2013
I think you just log onto your pc Gary and it shows the internet connection and then you click onto that, but I can't recall.
I saw Yeoeleven do it in a McDonalds once with his laptop, no need to plug into anything, but I can't recall how he did it, if he is reading this maybe he or someone else can explain how....
This also applies to smartphones or their equivalents with internet connection....
Bryan said
04:30 AM Nov 7, 2013
Thats good news Vic
Bunkerbob said
04:47 AM Nov 7, 2013
Thought this was quite amusing Perth claiming the first city wide internet. We were in Adelaide in August and they were spruiking all over that they had the first city wide internet in Australia, so who knows. Maybe Perth was the first in Western Australia and Adelaide the first in Central Australia. Let Brisbane and Sydney fight it out for the first in Eastern Australia
_wombat_ said
08:54 AM Nov 7, 2013
50mb would not go far on Skype, your laptop, phone or iPad has to have wi-fi to enable to pick up the signal.
Dunmowin, is it cold where you are now?
Thanks for the info Duh, see you can be good sometimes.
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Thursday 7th of November 2013 08:55:29 AM
Duh said
02:44 PM Nov 7, 2013
_wombat_ wrote:
Duh, you get kicked off after 50mb but you can log on again just after being kicked off.
Yeh, I know, I wonder if there will be limits on how many can connect at one time, eg; when you log on you go to the end of the line to wait your turn......
PS: I didn't know about Freo, probably something to do with Wombat control seeing it is not that far from you as the crow flies.....oops...make that as the Wombat crawls.....
-- Edited by Duh on Thursday 7th of November 2013 02:52:41 PM
Bunkerbob said
08:37 PM Nov 7, 2013
So all the talk when we were in Adelaide was AROUNDTUIT talk. Typical politicians, they spend so much time telling what they are going to do that they don't have anytime left to do it. Where we are we need to use Telstra as there is absolutely nothing from anybody else. We buy the 12gb at $180 per hit so it is expensive but nothing you can do about it. Take the laptop when you go for a drive as most Maccas have free WiFi. Every little bit helps. Might need to go to Pert (thats how the Irish say it) now so's I can get something for free.
_wombat_ said
09:10 PM Nov 7, 2013
the Fremantle coffee strip also has free internet for about 12 months now
GaryKelly said
09:55 PM Nov 7, 2013
Thanks for the info, Vic. Too easy. I'm also very good at agreeing to the conditions. I've done it thousands of times hehe. Click. Next!
_wombat_ said
10:08 PM Nov 7, 2013
Duh, you get kicked off after 50mb but you can log on again just after being kicked off.
Duh said
10:42 PM Nov 7, 2013
Bunkerbob wrote:
Might need to go to Pert (thats how the Irish say it) now so's I can get something for free.
Gotta love the Irish........C.Y. O'Connor the Irish Engineer designed the Fremantle Harbour as well as the Kalgoorlie Pipeline, when the water didn't come through initially as planned he got that much flak from the pollies he rode his horse into the ocean and blew his brains out.
The water came through not long after and the rest is history. Funny how with the small population WA had then they could afford to build it but can't harness the Ord for down south as it would cost too much with our much greater population now.......
_wombat_ said
11:01 PM Nov 7, 2013
I have not heard of any limit on numbers, but it could be so, Freo on is good but you cannot use Skype, not enough bandwidth.
Crows fly faster than wombat can crawl
_wombat_ said
11:07 PM Nov 7, 2013
Duh wrote:
Bunkerbob wrote:
Might need to go to Pert (thats how the Irish say it) now so's I can get something for free.
Gotta love the Irish........C.Y. O'Connor the Irish Engineer designed the Fremantle Harbour as well as the Kalgoorlie Pipeline, when the water didn't come through initially as planned he got that much flak from the pollies he rode his horse into the ocean and blew his brains out.
The water came through not long after and the rest is history. Funny how with the small population WA had then they could afford to build it but can't harness the Ord for down south as it would cost too much with our much greater population now.......
DON't start with the pollies Duh, it would not cost that much to bring the water down IMHO
Duh said
02:03 AM Nov 8, 2013
Hmmmm.......I was going to say something but remembered we aren't supposed to discuss politics.....
How about you get your Wombat rellies to burrow a ditch from there to Perth, that should save some loot!
_wombat_ said
02:10 AM Nov 8, 2013
Duh wrote:
Hmmmm.......I was going to say something but remembered we aren't supposed to discuss politics.....
How about you get your Wombat rellies to burrow a ditch from there to Perth, that should save some loot!
not that many of us over in WA
Duh said
02:23 AM Nov 8, 2013
Looks like you are going to be busy then
_wombat_ said
02:30 AM Nov 8, 2013
Duh wrote:
Looks like you are going to be busy then
Na, not with my bad back
Duh said
06:54 AM Nov 8, 2013
_wombat_ wrote:
Duh wrote:
Looks like you are going to be busy then
Na, not with my bad back
Ok, you're excused then, might have to kidnap some eastern states Wombats......
Dreamcaster51 said
05:44 PM Nov 8, 2013
Sounds great for a city, but Renmark and Berri ( riverland in south Australia) have had free wifi for a couple of weeks now and the other towns start in a couple of months. This is in a quite small riverland ommunity,
We like tourists in our area.
Duh said
11:42 PM Nov 8, 2013
Is that anywhere in town or do you have to do it in a designated building?
Seniors in WA get free Wi-Fi in WA country towns in community centres or tele-centres, but not available in the streets etc.
I think the Perth claim is correct, according to this August 2013 link Adelaide will not have theirs until early 2014....See this from an earlier post;
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/city/internode-wins-15-million-contract-to-roll-out-free-wifi-across-the-adelaide-cbd/story-fni9lkxa-1226692672977
I think it is amusing Perth seems to have beat Adelaide to the punch!
Gary, it was on TV tonight, apparently the Perth Wi Fi link will show up on your phone/laptop, click on that, click on agree to the conditions and you have 50MB for 1 hour free. They showed someone in the city making a Skype connection with his wife in NZ.....
-- Edited by Duh on Wednesday 6th of November 2013 10:11:49 PM
Perth is the first city in Australia to provide free blanket wifi internet in the CBD as from today. Users can log on for 1 hour free, but can log on again for further time after each hour. See;
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/city-of-perth-lord-mayor-lisa-scaffidi-announces-free-wifi-service-in-perths-cbd/story-fnhocxo3-1226754215731
Maybe other states are watching??
Just what I need, another free blanket!
Adelaide's on track for something similar: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/city/internode-wins-15-million-contract-to-roll-out-free-wifi-across-the-adelaide-cbd/story-fni9lkxa-1226692672977
I think you just log onto your pc Gary and it shows the internet connection and then you click onto that, but I can't recall.
I saw Yeoeleven do it in a McDonalds once with his laptop, no need to plug into anything, but I can't recall how he did it, if he is reading this maybe he or someone else can explain how....
This also applies to smartphones or their equivalents with internet connection....
Thought this was quite amusing Perth claiming the first city wide internet. We were in Adelaide in August and they were spruiking all over that they had the first city wide internet in Australia, so who knows. Maybe Perth was the first in Western Australia and Adelaide the first in Central Australia. Let Brisbane and Sydney fight it out for the first in Eastern Australia
50mb would not go far on Skype, your laptop, phone or iPad has to have wi-fi to enable to pick up the signal.
Dunmowin, is it cold where you are now?
Thanks for the info Duh, see you can be good sometimes.
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Thursday 7th of November 2013 08:55:29 AM
Yeh, I know, I wonder if there will be limits on how many can connect at one time, eg; when you log on you go to the end of the line to wait your turn......
PS: I didn't know about Freo, probably something to do with Wombat control seeing it is not that far from you as the crow flies.....oops...make that as the Wombat crawls.....
-- Edited by Duh on Thursday 7th of November 2013 02:52:41 PM
the Fremantle coffee strip also has free internet for about 12 months now
Duh, you get kicked off after 50mb but you can log on again just after being kicked off.
Gotta love the Irish........C.Y. O'Connor the Irish Engineer designed the Fremantle Harbour as well as the Kalgoorlie Pipeline, when the water didn't come through initially as planned he got that much flak from the pollies he rode his horse into the ocean and blew his brains out.
The water came through not long after and the rest is history. Funny how with the small population WA had then they could afford to build it but can't harness the Ord for down south as it would cost too much with our much greater population now.......
I have not heard of any limit on numbers, but it could be so, Freo on is good but you cannot use Skype, not enough bandwidth.
Crows fly faster than wombat can crawl
DON't start with the pollies Duh, it would not cost that much to bring the water down IMHO
Hmmmm.......I was going to say something but remembered we aren't supposed to discuss politics.....
How about you get your Wombat rellies to burrow a ditch from there to Perth, that should save some loot!
not that many of us over in WA
Looks like you are going to be busy then
Na, not with my bad back
Ok, you're excused then, might have to kidnap some eastern states Wombats......
We like tourists in our area.
Is that anywhere in town or do you have to do it in a designated building?
Seniors in WA get free Wi-Fi in WA country towns in community centres or tele-centres, but not available in the streets etc.