We'll be taking a wi-fi enabled laptop on our upcoming travels around Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, some road trips, N. Queensland) and got to wondering how prevalent wireless internet "hot spots" are, who are the main service providers, cost for connections, all that. Can anyone cast some light on this? Many thanks.

Hi Gardyloo,

Macdonalds has a number of wi-fi hotspot enabled restaurants, check their website for locations that have been enabled.

Also there are iBurst providers in some of the capital cities like Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

A good website to ask these kind of questions in Australia is:

www.whirlpool.com.au

You will find a wealth of information on broadband and wi-fi matters.

Cheers

Paul_S

Paul, are you sure about that website? It looks like the Whirlpool whitegoods maker's site to me!
-Neil

Hi Heil,

Yes you are right I always make this mistake doh! The correct website is:

www.whirlpool.net.au

Thanks for picking it up.

Cheers

Paul_S

Sorry Neil I spelt your name wrong, don't you wish they would implement the edit function on these forums?

No worries - there was a discussion on the Europe forum about a way to edit after you've posted (but I think it has to be before the next post hits the thread). Can't remember the details, though.