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 >> >> >> > > -- Steve Glines voice: 978-633-3460 | www.industrialmyth.com cell: 617-549-7274 | 145 Foster Street fax: 270-638-1404 | Littleton MA 01460 I am not young enough to know everything. ~ Oscar Wilde -- Eat sushi frequently. - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list