I am trying to setup hot spots for businesses and looking for a solution.
I hope worldspot will fit your needs. It is also designed for WISP operators
So was this completly written by you or have you taken chillisoft and continued making modifications?
The web part was written from scratch. Of course I'm using several open source ressources.
Have you seen www.sput*nik.com ? Looking to do something like this!
Of course I know them. They are the main competitor. I hope that worldspot will simply be better and cheaper.
AT the hotspot location there will be no pc. There will be DSL/Cable Modem that i will connect router with open wrt or ddwrt?
I would like to preconfigure the router and then with my laptop complete the configuration.
Is this possible? Suggestions?
This is actually how worldspot hotspot system works. Once configured and installed, the hotspot is managed though the internet.
I would like to use worlspot.net or something like it to setup the hotspot webserver side for multiple businesses? Can this be done. Can I use worldspot.net? Options? I do not expect you to do this for free.........trying to reduce my overhead.
Yes you can do it already. There is 2 cases:
If you manage the hotspot entirely (you pre-print the tickets yourself and sell them to the hotspot place owners (your clients) through conventionnal mail), then you can use worldspot now. Simply setup multiple hotspots under your own account. You can also get your tickets to work globally on all your hotspots. In this case, you are the WISP. The problem today, is that only you will have access to the hotspot account.
If you need that your clients (hotspot places) manage the hotspot by themselves, this will be possible in the future. Another user asked for that functionality (2 levels of login), but I might need your help to understand your exact needs. In this second case, your are more a solution reseller. Worldspot will have interresting solutions for resellers.
This is my business plan for HOTSPOTS types
FREE - Simple access gained by registering.
PAYPAL Pay per hour - 1 HR, 2HR 4 hr, 8hr , full day. block of time
TICKETS - Same tickets based on the above breakdowns except these tickets will be given out at the location. Good for only that day.
Today you have free and ticket accesses. Paypal will come soon I hope. There will be 2 online billing solutions:
-You will use your own paypal account (customers will pay to you directly and you will be charged a monthly fee)
-or a revenue sharing solution. (This is much more complicated to implement)
I want to limit the requirement of actually physically going to the location for support? Can this be done?
This is the goal. You should not need to go to the location. All ticket management is made on the internet.
However, there will be 2-3 next features that will require the hotspot reconfiguration:
- high availability: Automatic monitoring of the hotspot with automatic failover.
- Online billing requires that your unauthenticated users can access paypal services.
I intend to make a customized worldspot firmware that will be extremely easy to setup with all the features above.
How Can I help you?
I need feedback on the worldspot service. I wish that worldspot meets the needs of a majority of customers. To do that I have to understand these needs. However, I won't be able to fulfill all of them because of time.
I hope that you find the worldspot service useful.
