Head of Telecom Labs Philip Ivanier said last week Queenstown was the only ''hot spot'' in the country where virtually all of the town centre was made Wi-Fi-active.
''More than 3000 people are logging on to the regional service each day since its mid-December launch,'' Mr Ivanier said.
''That's roughly 10% of the whole user population across the country, across more than 43 locations New Zealand-wide.
''Queenstown Wi-Fi is the most popular service in the region, with more than 250 users per day, although users in Wanaka, Lake Hawea and Arrowtown are also accessing the service regularly.''
Early results indicated users were accessing the service for more than just email and surfing the net. Some were using the service to download content.
Queenstown was selected for the trial as it had a large influx of ''tech-savvy tourists'' keeping connected constantly and the compact town centre was well positioned to maximise the use of the Telecom telephone boxes already in place, which each had ''Free Wi-Fi'' signs, Mr Ivanier said.
''It's great that tourists can directly share their extraordinary South Island experiences with friends and family around the world,'' he said.
More than 17,000 people have registered to use the national service, using more than 20,000 internet-enabled devices such as tablets and smartphones to upload and download about 2.5Tb so far.
More than 3000 people are using it around the country each day and about 1000 new registrations are being received by Telecom a day.
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