Note: The following is not an advertisement or "astroturfing" but just an article on a service offered in Wellington

With all the talk of connecting Wellington with city-wide wifi I thought I'd remind readers of the interim stop-gap: Cafenet.

I have been using Cafenet for a few years and found it to be reliable and fast (where you can get it). The biggest downside is that it isn't free. Still it is good to have a few Mb in the account (and I would suggest the Mb packages rather than time) for those times when reliable internet is required downtown.

Heck, they're even in Palmerston North (a fact that was a lifesaver during a work trip there).

But the gist is that it is still very very far away from a complete coverage of Wellington and doesn't reach further than Newtown (if you can call the scarce hotspots of Newtown coverage).

So where is it available? Hotspots (and some "tips") after the jump.

Thorndon

Tips

• Although the hotspot is located in St Paul's Cafe the wifi can still be picked up in Fuel, where they serve better coffee.

Lambton

Tips

• Easily the most hotspots and in places where people have lunch, yay! Wifi and Kapai?
• Good luck using the wifi in Justice park

Willis

Tips

• The Michael Fowler/Town Hall hotspot is perfect for that boring conference

Cuba St

Tips

• The Bucket Fountain is a wifi hotspot! (Though for some reason its listed as "the waterfall")

Courtenay

Newtown

Tips

• Newtown's hotspots are in the hospital, Mary Potter Hospice and the library. Come on Newtown Cafes, we want wifi!