Careful, these hotspots are contagious!
The meadow in the city park, the café next door, and even the fast-food restaurant – more than 2500 other public hotspots have now been declared a "learning zone" by SWITCH-PWLAN. Members of the universities can log on readily with their home university log-in and surf wireless throughout Switzerland.
The ultimate in networking
Irrespective of where they happen to be, students and employees not only enjoy free Internet access but can also access their home university's resources. This has been made possible through a form of cooperation unrivalled anywhere within Europe: the commercial WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers) of "Monzoon Networks", "Swisscom" and "TheNet" are partners of SWITCH-PWLAN and make their hotspots available to the university students and employees. In return, customers of the WISPs also benefit from wireless Internet access at all the Swiss universities.
How it works
All that you need for mobile Internet access is a laptop with WLAN capability, a university access account and your home university's VPN client. Your home university must, of course, have registered for the PWLAN service. The number of educational institutions opting for SWITCH-PWLAN is, moreover, constantly increasing.