The Mauritius Wi-Fi project was approved by the minister last July. Objective: Every one of us can benefit from free internet. There will be a pilot project, whereby 10 Wi-Fi spots will be installed across the island. One in each district and one in Rodrigues. The most common Wi-Fi spots so far are, Mc Donald’s (Port-Louis), Dias Pier (Caudan Waterfront) and Rose-Hill Transport.
While they’re busy making big plans, the University of Mauritius itself doesn’t have a proper Wi-Fi system. We’ve been told that they will soon implement the Wi-Fi system but how soon is now?
We have assignments, research and so on to do, we can still get access to the internet in the library and in labs; but there’s lot of waiting. But what will you do when all the labs are occupied and you have to wait like a really long time before you can use the computers in the library? What are we exactly suppose to do? Use Skype for group assignment at home?
I probably wouldn’t have written this article if we didn’t have the means to use Wi-Fi. But many of us own laptops, smart phones and tablets. But at some point, these gadgets become useless without an internet connection.
We, the students will benefit a lot from the Wi-Fi, and we can get all our research/group assignment done at the University itself. But how long do we have to wait?
It wouldn’t be so bad if the government think of us first, before implementing Wi-Fi spot across the island. But to be honest, I don’t see it coming anytime soon.
-Echdee
check this out: http://mysites.uom.ac.mu/wifi/
I think the site is available on Intranet. But the wifi network at UoM is already operational and students can register. Go to the page where they usually do module registration, see results etc…request for password there
Even if they do launch the wifi project in UoM, I doubt it’s going to stop your frustration. Imagine all the students connecting to the wifi and you’re just staring at your screen waiting for a webpage to load. They ain’t going to have great connection speed and bandwidth, unless they increase the uni fees 😉
@Roushdat: We’ll try that in the labs tomorrow. We’ll post the results
@Clever Dodo: What? increase uni fees for internet?
The physical infrastructures for Wi-Fi has already been implemented. Do you think bandwidth is THAT expensive so that they’ll have to increase Uni fees? I don’t think so especially if the government really want to back the idea
isn’t UoM fees increasing by 10% this year? I guess they could buy more bandwidth then 😉
hello..where will i find the password 4 wifi access??
Login on the UoM student online system: https://online.uom.ac.mu/student/login.asp
There is a section for Wi-Fi their. Usually, it would be the same password that you use for student online system