Our Objectives and Technology

Ynet is a limited company established with the objective of providing Waiheke island with genuine, low latency three megabit broadband.

The limited capacity of the telephone lines on the island meant ADSL technology is, at best inadequate for the transmission of high throughput data, particularly on upload. The obvious answer was wireless transmission but given the topography and the requirement for low power, line-of-sight signal distribution, a viable network was always going to be a big ask. However, with judicious site selection, multiple transmission sites and utilising robust, proven Trango technology mostly in the 5.8,5.4,2.4,5.3,900 bands, that objective has been largely achieved.

There are currently 20 transceiver sites with at least four more projected, which will give Waiheke near 90% coverage. The network is also fully capable of supporting VOIP Phone and PABX technonlogy which will be a desirable option, particularly for those at the eastern end of the island where phones are often less than reliable. VOIP we recommend World Exchange but you can use any VOIP provider of your choice.

Setting up with Ynet

There is an initial cost involved in connecting to Ynet because of the need to import the electronics from the United States but the equipment is supplied with no mark-up to keep the cost manageable. Further, if amortised, the cost is more than comparable with any other provider, given that our data cap of 12 gigabytes per month is much more generous than competitors are offering for much the same monthly charge.

Going away?

Many island residents are away for extended periods. All a customer has to do is call us when they leave and again when they return. We will suspend billing for that period.

No other provider can, or will, do that.

The difference with Ynet is that we are totally focused on Waiheke. We all live here which results in a much faster response to any problems which may occur and our IT people can solve problems even if they are not related to our network.

No-one else does that either.