Thanks to everyone who came and said ‘hi’ at the Tauranga Airshow. It was a great show and I think everybody that came had a good day out. There is an article on the Sunlive web site with a bit more information on the Wi-Fi we set up for the event:
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/21227-world-first-airshow-programs.html
Once again, NetSmart will be exhibiting at the Tauranga City Airshow on 28th – 29th January. If you are planning on coming we would love to see you, so come and say ‘hi’ at stand 187.
This year we have been asked to provide a WiFi network for the show and we’ve decided to offer free internet access to visitors – so don’t forget to bring your mobile device (smartphone, laptop or your tablet PC) with you. All you need to do is come to our stand No.187 during the show for a free Wi-Fi voucher. We will also have computers available for browsing the internet at our tent.
You can find out more about the Airshow at: http://www.classicflyersnz.com/Airshow
A map of the show site is available here: Download map
NetSmart will be supporting the Tauranga Airshow again this year, please come and say hello if you are coming to the show.
As I am sure you will know by now, there is a new fibre network being built across the country – a public/private investment aimed at accelerating the roll-out of Ultra Fast Broadband to 75% of New Zealanders within 10 years.
We understand the fibre build in Tauranga is progressing well and is presently on schedule. We expect to be in a position to connect the first customers by April 2012. However, the ‘GPON’ service (which we expect to be the most popular) will not be available until July 2012.
NetSmart is in regular contact with Ultrafast Fibre Ltd (the company established to build and operate the fibre network in Tauranga, Hamilton and some other areas). We were one of the first Retail Service Providers to signup and believe that fibre will bring a host of new opportunities – particularly for business customers.
To find out if your business will be covered in the first build take a look at the following web site:
http://www.ultrafastbroadband.co.nz/coverage-areas
Note the dates above are build dates, services will be available for purchase some time after these dates.
Feel free to contact us for more information on fibre and to find out how you can get your business ready for this new technology.
NetSmart has finished upgrading and testing its Pukehina WiMAX repeater site and the first customers in this area are now connected. The site is solar powered which has allowed us to take advantage of the best transmitter location.
If you wish to find out whether our Home WiMAX is available at your address please follow this link: www.netsmart.co.nz/coverage
NetSmart WiMAX is now widely available and includes most areas (including rural areas) in and around the following:
For more information on Home WiMAX go to www.netsmart.co.nz/homewimax
InternetNZ have setup a good website explaining many of the details of the new copyright law. It also offers a lot of practical advice and if you are not already familiar with how this might affect you or your business we highly recommend taking a look.
Please be aware there are currently emails circulating asking for login and password details.
We would like to stress we will NEVER ask you for these kind of details via email. Any emails similar to the following can be ignored/deleted.
Example below:
—–Original Message—–
From: NetSmart Limited [mailto:webmailantivirus2020@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2011 11:45 a.m.
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Dear Account User
Dear Account User,
An HTK4S virus has been detected in your webmail account folders, and your webmail account has to be upgraded to our new F-Secure HTK4S anti-virus/anti-Spam version 2011 to prevent damage to our webmail and your important files. Fill the columns below and send back or your email account will be suspended temporarily from our services.
Login name:…….. Login Password:………
Failure to do this within 24 hours will immediately render your email account deactivated from our database.Thank you for using Our NetSmart Limited webmail.
Copyright NetSmart Limited
(c)Networks All Rights Reserved.
We’re getting close to launching our new Premium email service which will be based on Zimbra. Zimbra offers a next generation email, calendar, contacts and document management system. It’s designed for businesses with full sharing, mobile integration and desktop syncronisation.
If you want access to your email, calendar, contacts and documents from everywhere – your desktop, mobile phone, Ipad and more – Zimbra will be of interest. Let us know if you would like more information when it is available.
Due to popular demand, we’ve decided to extend our special offers for WiMAX connections for an extra month. So, till the end of August the following special offers are available:
Upgrade your existing NetSmart connection to WiMAX for $199, instead of the usual $299.
Get a new WiMAX connection installed for $99 (Metro area: Welcome Bay; Maungatapu; Matua; Otumoetai; Bellevue; Brookfield; Judea; Bethlehem; Tauranga central; Tauranga South; Gate Pa; Greerton; Mount Maunganui; Bayfair) or $299 (all other areas), instead of the usual $499.
We’ve set up two Twitter accounts for anyone that is interested:
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