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This just in…

MiWiFi, in association with Theatre Alive, and Auspicious Arts Incubator are launching a free WiFi hot spot in the Southbank area from early next month.

How does this affect you…?

Well you can now bring you latop, wifi enabled phone, ipod touch, iphone or the like, down to Auspicious Arts Incubator and gain FREE, yes that right, FREE, access to the internet.

We will be beta testing through late April, and hope to be active early in May. If you see our network active, please bear with us, there may be some teething problems.

We will keep you posted with the installation and implementation process as we go!

Hope to see you all down there for some free internet and maybe a coffee.

Cheers,

The MiWiFi Team!

Thanks to the generous support of the Victorian College of the Arts Student Union, MiWiFi is currently undertaking Beta Testing of its Mesh Networking Technology. The VCA Student Union has over 50 active users on their wireless internet service, using a wide range of hardware including some very old PC laptops, a few apple iphones, an iMate PDA, a couple iPod Touch’s and a large number of Macbooks.

This network is the test setup for a larger project… but more info is to come! Stay with us!

MiWiFi is in talks with an exciting new theatre site development in the west. “The Dog” theatre space has approached MiWiFi to set up a “a safe, user friendly Internet system for artists living and working, in the western suburbs.”

Arts Victoria and the Maribynong City Council are supporting this exciting new initiative that will foster the growing arts culture in the west of Melbourne. This continues the vision of MiWiFi to provide essential internet access to artists in Melbourne

In April, MiWiFi will being testing of its’ new, wireless network.

The test will be open to any member of the public. All you need to do is have a wireless-enabled device (laptops, mobile phone, iPod Touch, iPhone, etc) and you’ll be able to get FREE internet access in the Southbank area!

If you would like to be notified when coverage is available, please email beta@miwifi.com.au. Check our “Coverage” page for a map of our initial coverage area.

MiWiFi was founded in 2008 by Edward Dowling and Geordie Barker after they found a complete lack of cheap (or free) wireless internet services in Melbourne. MiWiFi was created to fill that hole, and to support the arts’ community at the same time.

Based out of Melbourne, Australia, MiWiFi will be launching it’s initial coverage area in April 2008. Anyone will be able to access the network and try it out for themselves. Over the next 12-18 months, coverage will be gradually expanding to include the entire Southbank precinct, from Alexandra Gardens, to the Malthouse Theatre and to Crown Casino.

Mission Statement 

MiWiFi will create, administer and develop a wireless Internet network in Melbourne. Focused on meeting the needs of the arts’ industry, MiWiFi will, at the forefront of its’ operations, work towards building the arts’ industry by providing cheap and, wherever possible, free wireless Internet access to artists and art organisations of all types. 

More Information

If you would like more information on MiWiFi, please email info@miwifi.com.au.