For hotspot(s) where there is no physical admin nearby, they are automated:
An email notifier when there is no hotspot connected to worldspot.
If it is not possible for 'Worldspot services' to detect a hotspot connection down, then
For a 'no client active' method:
As there is always at least a few active clients (admin-set minimum in the hotspot settings on worldspot),
failure to have any (maybe for an admin-set period of time, 0 minutes to xxxx) sets off an email.
[edit: this feature could also be useful to gauge whether a minimum of clients we need to have over a period of time to assess the profitability of the location & settings are present. If it consistently goes below a minimum could it be useful to know this?].
If below the set minimums, then we get an email notifier from worldspot.
I had a cabling (power) out-tage recently between the hotspot and the internet backhaul, as that area is being remodeled. And I had no idea it was out for three days, because I am not using the wireless or not on-site. To fix it was easy, but without notification I probably lost some confidence of clients.
[edit: this 'Alert' message has to come from e.g. '
outtage@worldspot.net' i.e. the worldspot services, because it was the services that lost connection with the hotspot, yet the Worldspot services still have internet access to relay a message].
