FREE WI-FI: where are the hotspots in Northern Cyprus?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 10:33

I found several places in TRNC where one can use his/her computer (and smartphone/tablet) via a free WI-FI connection. Here are two of them: Santoria Sports Bar in Alsancak and Sardünya Bay in Lapta.

There must be more places - do you know one or more..?

Pippie


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 12:12

Back of Malpas hotel!.



Also, the Lodge in Çatalköy, the bar will give the password but you need to remind them to switch it on! I think I've also seen a sign up outside the coffee shop beside the Electricity Board in Girne advertising they have free Wifi access, though I've never used it myself.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 12:25

Thanks, Pippie! More hotspots?

rick1


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 12:40

The big ezic on bypass and Kervans

tonyf


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 12:52

Cabin at Lapta and Riverside at Alsancak

stevie


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 13:06

Stevies Restaurant Küçük- Erenköy

WE HAVE FREE WIFI

flightholiday


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 14:08

Ezic Premier, Cafe Dukkan, Cratos, Mardos branches that I have visited

susief


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 14:16

Silver Rocks, Lapta

Kybele, Bellapais

Ambiance, Karaoglanoglu

Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu

Al Shaheen, Karakum

clubilgaz


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Posts: 64

Message Posted:
25/10/2011 14:29

free wifi at club ilgaz

Jefferson


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 14:45

Cirtus Tree just past the Golden Lady.

stubbs1


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 15:11

Ship Hotel

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 15:30

Thanks all for these answers! Please keep adding if possible!

tarry67


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 15:37

Ravine Bar Alsancak just had it installed.

cloggeddoug


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 15:41

tanners @ karakum

Lambousa Gordon


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 15:45

The Waterfront at Lapta.

erolz


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 15:48

My house if you ask nicely.



Oh and shooters coffee house and the dome hotel.

kbasat



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Posts: 481

Message Posted:
25/10/2011 19:19

Both Merit Girne (with 12 independent Access Points) and Merit Lefkosa (with 18 independent Acess Points) are offering free wifi internet in lobby, restaurants, pool area and on all the floors, all powered by multimax.



K.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 19:20

What a useful thread this is! More hotspots?

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 19:39

Long Beach Hotel (Famagusta way).

TourGuide


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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 20:24

The Paradise Restaurant - Sports Bar on The Catalkoy Coast Road.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
25/10/2011 20:28

Thanks! Keep them coming!

happyvally


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 11:54

happy vally catalkoy

cac123


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 12:20

Sempati Hotel

Bubbles


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 12:57

Santoria Bar

Jashans Restaurant

Punjab Restaurant

Sundance


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 13:18

Emily,s Bar Bacheli,



Sundance

rockxy


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 13:50

best place to go is waterfront bar friendly staff and beautiful setting and peace and quite.oh and gordons not bad either

Alicat


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 14:02

Korineum Golf Resort

fosterscan


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 14:56

Tervertuloa has but need to ask for password (although i couldnt get it to work)

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 15:49

It may be convenient for everyone - based on this thread I've made a list (credit to C44 given) which I can add to and change if needed.

▶ [ http://www.cyprusnow.info/posting.php?mode=edit&f=7&p=1126 ].

erolz


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 15:56

Hans you have put the link used to edit the post, which will not work for most people, members or not, as they do not have rights to edit it. The link to view the post is this one



http://www.cyprusnow.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=282

flightholiday


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 16:02

DC & E Msg's 29 & 30 - Thanks

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 16:02

Thanks Erolz - I didn't realize my power...

Donaldson


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 16:19

Cafe George and Bafidi in ramadan Cemil Square in the centre of Girne, although you have to ask for the password.

coffeeman


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Message Posted:
26/10/2011 16:49

Altinkay jam bar free wifi

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
28/10/2011 19:14

Do you actually need to be inside these establishments or could you sit in their carpark? This is a theoretical question, I have no desire to lump my laptop all over the island.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
28/10/2011 19:32

@ msg 35, suehowlittle: You can sit inside or outside of the establishment offering (free) Wi-Fi - as long as you stay inside "the signal" (a circle around the wireless router, connected to the Internet). The diameter of the circle depends (brand of the router, are there concrete walls with iron between your wireless device and the router, does the router stand in a cage of Faraday etc.).

I have found now quite a lot of places with very good signals, where I use my iDevices (Apple iPhone 4 and iPad 2 Wi-Fi & 3G). A great experience!

kbasat



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Message Posted:
28/10/2011 23:50

'does the router stand in a cage of Faraday'... this is so funny K.

Donaldson


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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 00:37

Why would anyone put a wireless router in a Faraday cage?



Hans, as you're a cartographer, could you make a simplified map showing the hotspots? With the cooperation of the ISPs you could also include the commercial hotspots. and as it would be online it could be updated as the services change. (And maybe you could sell hard copies at the airport, ports and border crossings).

KarmaSooty1


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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 00:39

DutchCrusader



Your English is rubbish.

Sugarpuffbear


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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 01:23

Surely DutchCrusader as you are posting the question on C44, you should have the courtesy to post the answers on C44

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 11:45

@ msg 37: (...) 'does the router stand in a cage of Faraday'... this is so funny K. (...)

▶ Right. I should have said "in a room wher effects like in a cage of Faraday may occur". Or do you sell routers that work perfectly in any room of a house/building and at any place? I can show you in my house that it is very important where the router is situated. That goes for any brand of router and any house/building.



@ msg 39: (...) DutchCrusader Your English is rubbish. (...)

▶ You are right. Misschien wilt u liever in het Nederlands corresponderen?



@ msg 40: (...) Surely DutchCrusader as you are posting the question on C44, you should have the courtesy to post the answers on C44 (...)

▶ I'm not sure I understand your post. I asked in msg 1 for locations with free Wi-Fi. They were given in this thread on C44. And I made a list (see msg 29) which you can read here:

▶ [ http://www.cyprusnow.info/posting.php?mode=edit&f=7&p=1126 ].

What other answers do you

AngelaT


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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 12:01

Well done Hans,



This really is a useful thread!



Angela

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 12:06

[ continued from msg 41 ]



What other answers do you expect?



@ msg 38: (...) could you make a simplified map showing the hotspots? (...)

▶ I don't produce any hard copy maps anymore, but this week end I'm working on a digital map (in the beginning a draft for portable devices like smart phones and tablets). Not sure if it works out, because I don't know the coordinates of all the Wi-Fi locations in this thread. I'll see what I can do and maybe some interested people may give me some help.

Lundunsip


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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 12:24

Yep, great thread Dutch! ...and I bet your English is better than most British peoples Dutch!!!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 12:37

Sorry, I made the same mistake as in msg 29...

This is the right link to the complete list of Wi-Fi hotspots:

▶ [ http://www.cyprusnow.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=282 ].

Jivebear


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Message Posted:
29/10/2011 16:33

The Cabin in Lapta has WiFi

Donaldson


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Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:49

Hans; do you want us to post the GPS co-ordinates of these places, or mark them on a Google Earth map? Would this help?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
01/11/2011 15:06

@ Msg 47, Donaldson: Thank you for your reply! GPS coordinates would suffice to put the hotspots on a map (for computers and mobile devices).

dogsbody


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Message Posted:
01/11/2011 17:03

Tumba restaurant in Esentepe

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:47

Interested in this thread? Please look at this NEW thread also:

▶ [ http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/77683.asp ].

Thank you.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
02/11/2011 14:32

Several C44 members have offered help to locate the hotspots (with free or paid for Wi-Fi) in TRNC.

The list with the names: ▶ [ http://www.cyprusnow.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=282&p=1126#p1126 ]. Thank you.

I'm working on a map with all the TRNC hotspots and will make this map available for C44 members also.

You'll be notified in this thread.



P.S. So far seven people emailed me about their interest in GPS (mapping, discussions etc). I'll send them a reply with basic ideas about a "TRNC GPS Group").

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
02/11/2011 14:36

Tip: to help it is enough to give the coordinates (GPS device) or the exact spot of a location with free or paid for Wi-Fi on a Google map.

KarmaSooty1


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Message Posted:
02/11/2011 18:54

Your English is getting worse and worse by the day.