Wi-Fi hotspots Sri Lanka.

Wi-Fi hotspots in Sri Lanka are increasing day by day as more organizations are offering them free and at affordable price. There are Government provided Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular phone company provided Wi-Fi Hotspots in Sri Lanka. Phone companies are offering them at affordable price and you can access them by getting the username and password through scratch cards that are sold in kiosks. Meanwhile Hotels and Guest houses are offering Free Wi-Fi to their customers. Sri Lanka Government Telecom service provider is offering it at public places in Hospitals, Railway Stations and at public Libraries for its citizens. More people are accessing the WI-FI to connect to the internet to surf the websites, download movies, video clips, images and files. Also lot of people use it to make phone calls including voice and video calling that can be free and low priced ones with the help of their installed IM Apps.

In Sri Lanka lot of Smartphone users are connected to the 4G network throyugh their Mobile Data Plan. So they are not depending on any of the Wi-Fi hotspots to be connected to the internet. These Data connection are mostly bought as 30 days plan by local people.

Kinds of Wi-Fi Hotspots in Sri Lanka..

1. Public places, paid Wi-Fi from your registered Carrier.
2. Government provided Free Wi-Fi Hotspots. (Only for Sri Lanka Citizens)
3. All the Sri Lanka Hotels and Guest houses used to provide Free unlimited Wi-Fi for their Guests.
4. Wi-Fi from a friend's Smartphone through tethiring method.

Free Wi-Fi service from your home router.

SLTgo Provides Broadband through Wi-Fi on the go.

SLT is offering Broadband connection facility to its customers through Wi-Fi Hotspots, while they are going out of their home. For this they are partnering with the FON Organization. When the customers go to foreign land they can get connected to any of the FON's 23 Million Wi-Fi Hotspots. Read more.

Connect to SLTgo Wi-Fi Hotspots on your mobile phone.
Download the sltgo App in to your Smartphone and activate it.
Then log in it using your SLT broadband ID and password.
You will be automatically connected to sltgo when you are in the range of a Wi-Fi hotpot .
You need to select the sltgo in through the Wi-Fi settings, if it doesn’t automatically connect the first time. Mobile app functionality works after successful registration only.

Most of the Sri Lankans are usind Android OS, Nokia and Bada mean while very few people are using Apple's iOS.SLT and the Dialog mobile carrier are leaders in this sector where both of them have free and paid Wi-Fi service for their clients. According to Dialog they are providing hotspots in these public places like Star hotels, beach resorts hospitals, universities, airports.

• Bandaranaike International Airport
• Mattala Rajapakse International Airport.
• Colombo - Central Bus Stand
• Colombo Campus
• Fort Railway
• Of Fashion
• I A S Institute - Iswari Rd
• Independence Square
• Kandy Bus Stand
• Kataragama Sacred City
• Kettarama International Cricket Stadium
• Kurunegala Bus Stand
• Liberty Cinema

• Maalu-maalu
• Matara Bus Stand
• Nawam Mw Out Door Car Park
• Ncc Grounds
• Negambo Beach
• Nugegoda Rotary Club
• Pallekele Cricket Stadium
• Sithulpauwa Rajamaha Viharaya
• Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium (sics)
• Sri Dalada Maaligawa - Kandy
• Thursten Pool
• Unity Plaza

Find more Wi-Fi hotspots from Dialog.lk.

About Wi-Fi

If you have SLT broadband -ADSL- in your home then you can make your own home Wi-Fi hotspot with their latest Wi-Fi router. The router allows you to put password for your connection to make it a private one. This is very useful if many members of your home have Smartphones. Provide the each with the password to connect to the internet in your home. This procedure will save you thousands of rupees each month.