Re: Hotspot-in-a-box

I don't recommend the fon hardware. It's extremely cheap. Overheats a 
lot etc.

Steve Glines wrote:
> You might try using fon.com for a hotspot.
> 
> SG
> 
> Frank Bulk wrote:
>> Thanks.  ChilliSpot appears to have no module/integration with a credit card billing gateway.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vincent Hoffman [mailto:[email protected]] 
>> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>> Cc: 'Kevin Kargel'
>> Subject: Re: Hotspot-in-a-box
>>
>> Something like http://www.chillispot.info/ ?
>>
>> I havent played with it but have been meaning to.
>>
>> Vince
>>
>> On 11/5/09 18:02, Frank Bulk wrote:
>>> We actually do have an established relationship with a credit card
>>> processor for those who want to pay their telephone/CATV/internet bill
>>> online, as our billing system vendor has built the hooks to make that
>>> all happen.  So hopefully there is a hotspot product out there that
>>> can do the same thing.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *From:* Kevin Kargel [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2009 11:52 AM
>>> *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* RE: Hotspot-in-a-box
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Unless you already have a relationship with a credit card processor
>>> for online sales you are going to find that it would be cheaper for
>>> you to give the access away for free.  We had this idea once upon a
>>> time also, but the fees and requirements for making it work with the
>>> cc folks made it untenable for a small operation.  Now if you were
>>> talking about hundreds of hotspots with tens of thousands of dollars
>>> per day in sales it might be feasible. 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I do not know of an AAA box that uses PayPal.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Kevin Kargel
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From:* [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Frank Bulk
>>> *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2009 11:46 AM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Hotspot-in-a-box
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I’m looking for a “hotspot-in-a-box” solution that we can centrally
>>> host for multiple remote sites (mostly parks and public areas). 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I would like to be able to say I could take the traffic L2 back to
>>> this box so that it acts as the gateway, but if I had to L3 route all
>>> the traffic through it, I would be OK with that.  It would need to be
>>> able to work against our RADIUS server so that we could authenticate
>>> our own customers, but for those that are not our customers, we would
>>> like the option to bill them using credit card, Paypal, and the like. 
>>> I would prefer to buy as opposed to outsource the payment/portal side,
>>> but I’m open to that if there aren’t any other good options.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Again, I’m looking for comments from those who have operational
>>> experience, as my google-fu is as good anyone’s. =)
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>
> 
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