what's new wi-fi

January 8,2007

July 1, 2003
Southnet Wi-Fi wireless Internet service launched in Winton and rural Central Southland (Centre Bush, Browns, South Hillend, Oreti areas)

30-Jul-02
SouthNET, Tim Brown & Wi-Fi service are proud to assist with the live streaming WebCast of HP50K of Coronet ski race

26-Jun-02
Important notice for Queenstown & Wakatipu
26-Jun-02, SouthNET Wi-Fi live in Queenstown and Coronet Peak, now testing rural Wakatipu wireless coverage areas.

Coronet Peak photos below were taken on June 26 and uploaded from Coronet Peak using SouthNET Wi-Fi service.

23-Jul-02, IDGNet
Deep South takes matters into own hands
The six regional broadband pilots and the government's budget announcement are vitally important initiatives, but in some parts of rural New Zealand, the private sector is providing services. Invercargill-based ISP SouthNet established Wi-Fi (802.11b) services in Invercargill last year, allowing businesses with line-of-sight connections to its wireless broadcast point atop a city hotel to use a service it says is competitive with Telecom's JetStream.

14-Jun-02
SouthNET Wi-Fi now live in Queenstown and launching rural
Wakatipu wireless coverage in mid- June.

30-May-02: Important notice for QUEENSTOWN
SouthNET has upgraded services for our Queenstown Point-of-Presence (PoP) and is introducing the SouthNET Wi-Fi high-speed wireless Internet service. We intend to announce Wakatipu wireless coverage areas the first week in June. Thank you for your support.

April 16, NZ Herald article
WiFi firms say they do it better
Wireless communications providers who have installed high-speed internet links serving some of the most remote locations say the Government broadband...

31-Jan-02
Wi-Fi Now Live in Te Anau, Fiordland

The www.southnet.co.nz Internet site was updated using SouthNET's new Wi-Fi service from a 4-wheel drive parked at Tizakaff Cafe
in Te Anau on 31-Jan-02 8:00 am.

IDGNet article, Dec 14
Southland firm trialling new wireless internet service
Invercargill-based medical lab service provider Medlab Southland has chosen southern ISP SouthNet's new Wi-Fi broadband wireless internet service.

January 3, 2002. australia.internet.com
The Three Defining Moments of 2002 Will Be...
As seasonal as Christmas, the new year offers a convenient window to discuss the coming year and more importantly make the big calls. Enclosed, the part 802.11 will play in increasing broadband competition, what telcos will do after they discard 3G and how classifieds will invigorate online advertising.

New wireless security from Cisco for Aironet
November 21, 2001, National Business Review
Cisco Systems has introduced new security features for wireless networks running Aironet.

Interested in the new Wi-Fi service,
please e-mail: wi-fi@southnet.co.nz

08-Nov-01
SouthNET's Wi-Fi wireless broadband Internet service completed one month + of testing in Invercargill and is now operational.

25-Oct-01
SouthNET's Wi-Fi wireless broadband Internet service completes four weeks of testing in Invercargill, is now operational and will begin supplying Invercargill clients the first week of November 2001.

25-Sep-01: IDG article SOUTH TO GET FAST WIRELESS
In a deal worth "six figures", Southland ISP SouthNet and Invercargill investment company Invest South have undertaken to provide a wireless high-speed broadband service to Invercargill, rural Southland and the Queenstown-Arrowtown area.