ZeroICT Hotspots

ZeroICT staff travel a lot!  There is an informal annual competition to see who can collect the most Airmiles or hotel points for the least total spend.  The prize being a long weekend at home with your friends and family!

So what you're thinking... Well with all this travel and staying in hotels we as geeks always like to be connected to the outside world.  Yes we have our Blackberry's. iPhone's and Windows mobile devices, but when we're sitting having a coffee or staying in a hotel we need reliable fast Wireless Internet. 

We just don't find it on a regular basis!  All too often hotels will have no internet at all... IF they do it is usually a wired connection in your room, meaning if you want to sit at the bar and enjoy a few margaritas with colleagues you can't be productive and access our systems or keep in touch with friends via Facebook.

ZeroICT are changing this.  We spoke to hoteliers, shopping centre manages, cafe owners and the like and asked them why they didn't have a free WiFi hotspot.  Most of them came back with similar answers:

  • Too expensive

  • Too much hassle I have to show people how to use it and I'm not good with computers

  • I had WiFi but I charged for it and it didn't make any money

  • I had WiFi, but it just wasn't reliable so I got rid of it

At ZeroICT we took this as a challenge.  We hunted around the world for the best technologies available to deploy wireless internet connections.  We spoke to you the users to find out what you wanted and the results were interesting, you said you wanted free, reliable, easy to use WiFi Hotspots that were safe for you and your children to use.  You said as a business traveller you wanted the ability to access your company data using your VPN.  Everyone wanted to be sure that the WiFi Hotspot was safe and secure. 

and the ZeroICT Hotspot was born....

ZeroICT Hotspots are:

  • Inexpensive - no upfront capital investment, you lease the solution you don't buy equipment.

  • Free to users to perform basic web browsing functions.

  • Offer a low cost subscription to premium services such as VPN, P2P and VoIP.

  • Reliable - the platform we use is deployed to over 13,000 sites worldwide and has over 5 million users.

  • Environmentally Friendly - Solar Powered options are available.

  • Offers great coverage indoors and outdoors.

ZeroICT Hotspots are available for large outdoor or indoor events for a few days, and via permanent installations.

So why would you as a business owner pay for a ZeroICT hotspot solution.  In our opinion the best way to view a ZeroICT Hotspot is as a marketing & advertising tool.  For those people who would come and visit you anyway it is a pleasant surprise.  For those looking to find a free internet connection it attracts them to visit you.  Our advertising of ZeroICT Hotspots on the web draws further business to your website and to visit you.  Most importantly your new and existing customers have a free reliable easy to use WiFi hotspot that brings them back for the next visit.

The boring corporate bit ...

ZeroICT has deployed integrated wireless networks in Australia for over 5 years.  Our focus is on public Wi-Fi that can be accessed in a secure controlled manor.
Our projects have included Campuses, Retail Shopping Centres, Hi-Rise office Blocks, Parks, Rural Retreats, Wilderness Resorts, Shared Accommodation, University Residences, Caravan Parks, Town Centres and Libraries.