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09-29-2016, 10:40 AM
Australia's largest free Wi-Fi service sounds great, but will people use it?
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Slowly, but surely, Australia's towns and cities are getting free Wi-Fi networks.
Melbourne is the latest, with the Victorian government an**uncing a free Wi-Fi pilot program on Thursday (http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/melbourne-launches-world-class-free-wi-fi-network/). It joins Adelaide, Perth and the Sydney suburb of Liverpool in having CBD-wide Wi-Fi.*
Aren't you excited?
SEE ALSO: How 'Forza Horizon 3' got Australia to look so damn good (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/forza-horizon-3-australia-good/)
Branded "VicFreeWiFi," it will be the country's largest and fastest free Wi-Fi network, which includes services that have been operating in neighbouring Bendigo and Ballarat since December 2015.
The Melbourne service will cover CBD train stations, Bourke St Mall, Queen Victoria Market, and the South Wharf Promenade at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. And it's available right **w.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/29/free-wifi-melbourne-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Slowly, but surely, Australia's towns and cities are getting free Wi-Fi networks.
Melbourne is the latest, with the Victorian government an**uncing a free Wi-Fi pilot program on Thursday (http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/melbourne-launches-world-class-free-wi-fi-network/). It joins Adelaide, Perth and the Sydney suburb of Liverpool in having CBD-wide Wi-Fi.*
Aren't you excited?
SEE ALSO: How 'Forza Horizon 3' got Australia to look so damn good (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/forza-horizon-3-australia-good/)
Branded "VicFreeWiFi," it will be the country's largest and fastest free Wi-Fi network, which includes services that have been operating in neighbouring Bendigo and Ballarat since December 2015.
The Melbourne service will cover CBD train stations, Bourke St Mall, Queen Victoria Market, and the South Wharf Promenade at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. And it's available right **w.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/29/free-wifi-melbourne-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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