AccessPlus has provided internet services at the 6 SCRC caravan parks for the last couple of years. The success of these services saw AccessPlus approached by the Council to install a wireless hotspot for the Maroochy library, and potentially the Council’s other libraries on the Sunshine Coast.

Management software was custom-designed and built by AccessPlus to the Council’s specs – including KPI reporting facilities such as users online, data user, peak usage times etc.

The benefits for the library and the SCRC include monthly reports, and all management of the … Continue Reading

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For those who aren’t necessarily in the know, there has been a debate going on for some time now among the big-guns of the internet regarding your use.

With sites like youtube, last.fm, metacafe, google maps and similar streaming unique content to your computer, along with programs like skype, msn, bittorent and other allowing you to easily download masses of information; some people believe there is a need to pose further restrictions on what constitutes “acceptable use” and what an ISP should be allowed to do to keep its network accessible for all users.

While in Australia any further restrictions are arguably … Continue Reading

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Short update, for all students connected via our local wireless network (Varsity, TheVillage and any Maroochy sites) you now have access to an AccessPlus hosted game server that one of our admins is maintaining.

Server is running Team Fortress 2 for the moment but is open to requests also. (May put up a cod4 server in the next couple of days also)

Detailed server info will be added to http://games.accessplus.com.au as time progresses

Regards,

AccessPlus Team.

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Originally Presented at AAUCHO Conference 2008
Rydges Lakeside, Canberra ACT

Topic: Issues and trends in the provision of Internet services in
student residences
Abstract of a paper presented by Neil Thompson,
Managing Director, AccessPlus Pty Ltd

1.0 – TRENDS
1.1 – ‘Nice to have’ a decade ago to ‘Must have’ now
1.2 – Hardware
1.3 – Software
1.4 – Backup, storage and disaster recovery
1.5 – Telephony
1.6 – Educational vs Leisure usage
1.7 – Bandwidth and Data needs
2.0 – WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS: Infrastructure
2.1 – Options
2.2 – Issues
2.3 – Current situation
2.4 – Overview
3.0 – WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS: Business Models ‐ Charging models in residencies from Free to User pays
3.1 – Options
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