Sanson Free WiFi

UPDATE - Jan 9th, 2023: Have had lots of issues with the Spinning Planet's sanson-free-wifi router going down regularly. Probem is now solved and I've increased download speed to 10 Mbits for the next month as compensation for it taking so long. Sorry for the inconvenience.

UPDATE - Nov 20th, 2022: The wifi units in Sanson are now end-of-life. Don't worry, they still work but now I'm working on upgrading thier firmware and migrating them to Open Source technology that will allow me to add more transmitters and features. Everything still works but there will be intermitant outages as I test. I'll only do this when there are few users using the system. Remember, sanson-free-wifi is "best effort". There is no garauntee of connection.

UPDATE - Sept 22nd, 2022: We're experiencing issues. I wil be replacing hardware over the next few days to make it work again. The only reliable Access Point is at Viv's Kitchen.

UPDATE - May 7th, 2022: Sanson now also has a free Satellite Base Station that is offered for free to Universities and researchers. See real-time stats here showing which satellites are connecting.

UPDATE - March 10th, 2022: Turangi has been approved funding to install 4 new antennas to increase their coverage.

UPDATE - January 27th, 2022: We supplied the gear so Turangi could have free wifi to. Find out more.

Sanson Free WiFi is supplied to residents and visitors by The Sasnon Community Committee and local businesses and residents.

Antenna Locations

1. Viv's Kitchen - Home of the famous cream horn (New)
2. Sanson Club - Our local RSA (New)
3. The Sanson Playground - Weekend Craft Outdoor furniture
4. Brooklyne Motels Caravan Park - Peter and Elaine's house (New)
5. Behind Streetwise Coffeee - Back of Walter's building (New)
6. Harris Lane Access Point - Jo's house
7. Spinning Planet Limited - Corner of Fagan and Phillips Streets 
8. More coming soon

Present coverage map:

The free wifi is avaiable in the areas above as long as you have direct line-of-sight to a transmitter.

• Download speed is restricted to 2 Mbit which is fine for most Internet usage like Facebook, Internet Banking, Gmail and YouTube.
• All information on the WiFi network is anonymous and isolated. No one else on the wifi network can access your data so your connection is safe.
• Free wifi is available from 5.30AM to Midinight every day.

How to connect

When you're within range, this will pop up on your phone or computer - if it doesn't, go to your Wireless Settings and choose "sanson-free-wifi". A page will display on your device where you can click "Continue to the Internet". Once clicked you'll have full internet access. No personal information is requested.

No personal data is collected by this service. Here's an example of our Administration panel that just shows general statistics to help monitor the service. Spinning Planet presently manages the system and is an ethical business and respects your privacy and security:

Apprentice

Development

• New AP will be installed, after recent Covid Lockdown, to the back of the building behind Streetwise Coffee Cart to supply internet access to houses on Hedges Street
• Working on new solar powered units to make AP installs quicker
• Presently liaisng with Education New Zealand to give schools access to thier resources at non-restricted speeds

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