Near zero degree temperatures didn’t distract two of the PolkaSpots team (and one friend) from a recent site survey in Norfolk.
Using a survey vehicle equipped high-powered 5Ghz radios mounted on a 6m mast, the team spent a day in freezing temperatures surveying a new deployment.
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3 months of age, 20cm in height. Weight 300g. White in colouring, two pointy ears. Clearly branded: Pronto Point 802.11n.
What happened? Around 10% of the Wi-Fi Hotspots we shipped in Q1 2011 (around 40 in total) developed a fault that prevented users from getting online.
We are replacing these boxes with brand new PolkaSpots 802.11n Wi-Fi Hotspot controllers. Free of charge.
Your replacement controller will be shipped to you in a matter of days. All you need to do is send the old one back in the envelope provided.
PolkaSpots County Sheriff.
Head over to the Sausage and Mash Clubhouses to enjoy a fantastic home-cooked dinner and complementary Wi-Fi access, provided by PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi.
With such a strong identity, they’ve chosen our fully branded service with personalised login screens to match their business.
s&m started from a small cafe on the Portobello Road, 100m from the Supafly Factory – it’s always nice to keep things local.
Visit the s&m website for more information.
In November 2009, I travelled over to Zambia to help a local co-operative set-up their PolkaSpots Wi-Fi Hotspot service. Macha Works are rolling-out a pioneering network of satellite Internet connection with the ultimate aim of ‘connecting Africa’.
The BBC have just covered the story. You can watch the video here.
We’ve taken the bold move to block Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) users from using the PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi Network.
It wasn’t a decision we took lightly. Our customers’ security is a major priority at PolkaSpots and the vulnerabilities found in IE6 were far too great to continue supporting it.
Old browsers, especially IE6, that haven’t been upgraded are likely to have security vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.
It’s not just about the person using the old browser we were worried about – it’s all the users at the Hotspot – we need to think about the bigger picture.
For 284 days of 2006, IE6 had a substantial number of un-patched flaws that were being exploited and probed by hackers, viruses, malware and spyware. We found that these flaws were significantly decreasing network performance as well and putting other customers at risk.
As a result, on January 1st 2011, we’ve disallowed access for all IE6 users. The solution is to upgrade to a more secure browser:
Some corporate users are still on the older browser, we still don’t understand why considering the massive security risks…
You can download Firefox for free on all PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi Hotspots.
If you have any questions, please contact support [at] polkaspots dot com or post a question on our Wi-Fi Hotspot support pages…
