{"id":40992,"date":"2013-07-01T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=40992"},"modified":"2013-07-01T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T11:20:17","slug":"tsogo-sun-launches-free-wifi-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/40992\/tsogo-sun-launches-free-wifi-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsogo Sun launches free WiFi service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JSE-listed\u00a0Tsogo Sun has launched a free &#8220;high speed&#8221; WiFi service in\u00a0each of its rooms across its hotel portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stay with us and enjoy WiFi that is reliable, secure, fast and free,&#8221; the group announced on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel chain provides the following daily data allowance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>750MB per room per day at its Deluxe hotels (54 on Bath, Beverly Hills, Palazzo\u00a0Montecasino, Sandton Sun, Suncoast Towers)<\/li>\n<li>500MB per room per day at its Southern Sun Hotels<\/li>\n<li>350MB per room per day at its Garden Court hotels<\/li>\n<li>250MB per room per day at its Stay Easy hotels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all the hotels, these data limits are limited to a maximum of three\u00a0 devices per room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were determined to get our WiFi offering right in terms of what our guests need \u2013 whether they\u2019re business or leisure travellers,\u201d said Graham Wood, Tsogo Sun hotels MD.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our\u00a0 Wi-Fi offering is\u00a0 free from the first connection and\u00a0 we have\u00a0 set the cap in our different hotels at levels that would suit even the most technophilic of our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of this value-added service to Tsogo Sun guests follows extensive specification of the technical requirements of providing free WiFi and the installation of an advanced system by service provider Alwayson, in the form of their Ruckus Wireless\u2019 WiFi solution, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>This system\u00a0network offers access at the majority of Tsogo Sun\u2019s locations, using 2.4GHz and 5Ghz channels.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Pretorius CEO of AlwaysOn said: \u201cThe AlwaysOn solution at Tsogo Sun consists of more than 4,000 high performance, 802.11n dual band Smart WiFi Access Points with adaptive antenna technology to ensure optimal WiFi coverage and performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on WiFi<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Tsogo Sun purchases Monte Cinema\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/40663\/tsogo-sun-purchases-monte-cinema\/\"><strong>Tsogo Sun purchases Monte Cinema<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"AlwaysOn boosts free WiFi in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/37509\/alwayson-boosts-free-wifi-in-sa\/\">AlwaysOn boosts free WiFi in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to MTN, WirelessG in WiFi offloading deal\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/33803\/mtn-wirelessg-in-wifi-offloading-deal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MTN, WirelessG in WiFi offloading deal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Free WiFi for SA labour courts\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/31684\/free-wifi-for-sa-labour-courts\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Free WiFi for SA labour courts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Affordable uncapped ADSL with free in-flight Wi-Fi\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/11814\/affordable-uncapped-adsl-with-free-in-flight-wi-fi\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Affordable uncapped ADSL with free in-flight Wi-Fi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JSE-listed Tsogo Sun has launched a free &#8220;high speed&#8221; 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