Council announces public WiFi in Tokoroa CBD

South Waikato District Council is pleased to offer its community and visitors public Wifi access in the Tokoroa town centre. There are six sites connected to the network, including the Tokoroa i-SITE, PostShop building, the TACS building, the pole on the corner of Swanston and Rosebery Streets, the pole on the corner of Bridge and Mannering streets and the pole on Bridge and Campbell streets.

Council's IT Manager Duncan Blair was impressed that 18 devices have already connected to the public Wifi without any promotion. Following an invitation to Council staff to 'try' the connection, there are now 52 devices connected.

"We're fairly confident that now we have started promoting the service, it will become very popular," he said.

The public internet service is a secure 100Mbps fibre-optic internet connection provided by Wireless Nation. It is called South_Waikato_Public_Wifi. This service is family friendly and terms and conditions apply on sign up.

The location and coverage of the Wifi is shown in the diagram. According to the experts while people are in the shaded areas they should receive a strong Wifi signal, provided that there are no significant obstructions to the wireless signal, eg, a building or concrete wall may block a wireless signal.

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