Wi-Fi Hotspot News

The most common method of access at a PolkaSpots Free Wi-Fi Hotspot is via secure access code. This code ensures that only your customers can use your Internet connection - you can change it as often as you like and you can check your usage history too.

Now we've introduced a new registration system that means your customers will have to register a few details before they use your Internet connection. It means you don't have to give out the code every time someone wants to use your free Wi-Fi connection.

It also means that your customers get no more than 2 hours of Internet access per day at your location(s). Access is discreet - ie. if they log out after 60 minutes, they'll have 60 minutes remaining that day.

If you want to swap to this method, give us a call on 020 7183 1471.

Optimised for Public Wi-Fi Hotspots, we've just launched a new range of business broadband packages with prices starting from £19.99 per month.

What's so great about PolkaSpots Business Broadband?

1. No download limits.
2. Up to 24meg down and 2.5meg upload speeds.
3. Same great service from PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi.
4. Optimised for Public Wi-Fi Hotspots.
5. No activation or migration costs.

We're offering a Wi-Fi Hotspot bundle including our 24meg max service plus a PolkaSpots Wi-Fi Hotspot box for just £39.99 per month with no set up costs.

Offer your customers unlimited free Wi-Fi from PolkaSpots and you could attract an extra 15 people to your business per day.

What effect will the Digital Economy Bill (DEB) have on Wi-Fi hotspots and other public locations.

You can download a guide to the DEB here:

The Digital Economy Bill and Your Business (101 KB)

There's a reasonably high chance that you're not too far away from a PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi Hotspot. We're still small in comparison to the big boys but then again, we're not trying to compete with them at all.

We pride ourselves in the service we provide - we don't always get it right but we do our best to sort the problems out. This is why 94% of our customers would recommend us to a friend or fellow business.

And now there are a few white-label Wi-Fi Hotspots being deployed in Bermuda! In 2009, we helped Linknet with their rural African network and are pleased to have grown the family even further.

If you haven't already introduced us to your favourite location, you should do so soon. We're looking for more great PolkaSpots Hotspot Locations!

It's the middle of May now and you're running out of time quickly. You have approximately 1 in 25 chance of winning one each week and the more places you recommend, the more likely you are to win.

All you need to do is introduce PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi to your favorite cafe, bar, hotel, launderette, restaurant, pub or garage and we'll do the rest.

We've put together a list of the best Wi-Fi Hotspot locations here and you can find out some sales tips here.

Despite the clever system that runs your Wi-Fi Hotspots, sometimes we can't always tell if things aren't quite right.

We can see if your PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi Hotspot box is connected to the Internet, how many people are connected and can even tweak the settings remotely.

The biggest issue we face is interference and this is nigh on impossible to pick up remotely. Here are a few tips to help chose the best location for your PolkaSpots Wi-Fi Hotspot box:

1. Install your Wi-Fi Hotspot as far away from cordless phones and microwaves as possible.
2. Position the Wi-Fi Hotspot in a central point in your location, not under some stairs or in the basement.
3. If you can, scan for other networks and tell us which channels are congested. You might need to use a WiFi Hotspot scanner like netstumber.

And, we've put a handy link on the login screens for your customers to let us know if and when things aren't going so well.

Our first ever customer feedback survey went out a couple of weeks ago. We were nervous about the results but more than pleased about the responses - over 9 out of 10 would recommend our Wi-Fi Service to a friend. You can't please everyone but let's try for 100% next time!

We asked for comments and that's what we got. Lots of them, mostly good ones and one of the most interesting points made was the need to bigger and brighter window stickers to advertise our customers' Wi-Fi Hotspot Service.

As a result, we've had our talented designer David, rework our existing colourful stickers. These are at the printers right now and will be with you soon.

We've also been asked for posters for the walls - if you want to get your hands on a framed PolkaSpots Poster, give us a call.

Up at 6am on a Sunday morning to collect Greg who's visiting us from Zambia to learn the wicked ways of the west.

He's already had to postpone his trip after the cloud of ash interfered with his flights. With the closure of some airports in Europe, as the cloud spilled over again, he's lucky to have made it!

Landing in Zambia last year, I felt as though I'd been dropped in a bath of cold water (metaphorically not physically - it was quite hot over there). The change of culture and environment will be nothing but challenging for Greg but that's the whole point of his trip. He's here to learn how we work so he can help advance parts of rural Africa.

Our Wi-Fi Hotspot Service has been installed in pretty much every Wi-Fi Hotspot location that you could ever imagine. Until recently, we've not had one in an airport!

There are now two PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi Hotspots installed in London Heathrow - all very exciting news.

What's more, they've been installed by one of our Authorised Wi-Fi Hotspot resellers! Look out for the Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Service - look carefully though as you won't notice any PolkaSpots, it's a completely white label Wi-Fi Hotspot Service ;)