Cytanet offers new service for occasional users

By George Psyllides

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS Authority (CyTA) yesterday announced the introduction of a new Internet service.

The new service, which is called Cytanet For All, was announced at a press conference in Nicosia.

The service is aimed at those who only want use the Internet every now and again, and do not want to be burdened with a monthly subscription charge.

Users of this service will be charged two cents per minute.

The service is targeted at foreign visitors, business people, and Cypriot students studying abroad back in the country on holiday.

Anyone with a computer, a modem and a telephone line can access the new service by simply opening the Windows internet connection window, typing the word “cytanetforall” as username, and 0992626 as the phone number. The service does not need a password.

CyTA also announced yesterday that they had upgraded their Internet connections, claiming they now offered the fastest connection to the Internet in Cyprus.

Asked about trouble that some Internet subscribers had been experiencing in recent months, CyTA experts said any problems were due to the upgrading of their equipment.

Several subscribers have reported to the Cyprus Mail that they were experiencing difficulty in connecting, slow connections and repeat disconnections.

The CyTA technicians said yesterday that apart from the upgrading process, faulty phone lines and low quality modems might be responsible for bad connections.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.