User Services

The Vistua Network is committed to providing a robust, complete portfolio of user-services across all available platforms.

Terminals

The Network provides you with web-browsing, word-processing, graphics-editing, sound-editing, printing and many other services at the physical computer terminal.

Access is provided by logging in with your user-name and password and support is available on request.

Wireless LAN

Connect your laptop or mobile device to the Internet through The Vistua Network. The Network offers a 805.11 "G" Wireless hot-spot at its main location. The SSID is "celery" and the password is available upon request. Note: your connecting to the WLAN makes you a "user", even if you would not normally be considered one. That means that you must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy for the duration of the connection.

Internet Services

The Vistua Network Internet presence is mainly found in the domain vistua.com which offers these and more services:

News & Notes keeps you informed about events and happenings on the Vistua Network. You'll find everything from tips to service-interruption notices. News & Notes is not just a one-way, linear, medium though, you can leave comments and browse through archives, sort articles by category and "tag" and More.

News & Notes' latest headlines are also shown on the front-page of the Hub

The Groupware Portal connects you to each other, the portal offers E-Mail, Instant Messaging and Calender Scheduling. The Portal is a state-of-the-art piece of software that runs right in any modern browser and can be accessed from any Internet-connected computer on earth (access not guaranteed in China).

Support is always in hand when you need it! We have compiled all the most requested help-documents, in some case writing them ourselves, in one place for easy browsing. Topics covered include the Groupware Portal, The Workstation Desktop, User Accounts and more. This page also instructs you on how to report problems and request help.

Depending on the definition The Planet might also be considered a user-service, as all of our user's feeds are plugged into it.