RE: Hotspot-in-a-box

"Frank Bulk" <[email protected]>
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FON follows a business model that doesn't match well with ours.

Thanks,

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Glines [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:38 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Hotspot-in-a-box

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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