Coming Soon: A Low-Cost Internet Hotspot Gateway Product from Guest Internet Solutions

Guest Internet Solutions will launch a very low cost Internet hotspot gateway product on Monday, March 1st. This will be the simplest and easiest approach to installing Guest Internet for a small to medium hotel/motel/resort. What these pages for more information.

Low Cost Internet Hotspots: See the New Range of Guest Internet Hotspot Products

The latest Guest Internet wireless products are now available. These products have the Internet hotspot software installed right in the wireless access points. This means no extra costs to buy additional equipment or software. Also there are no additional costs with Guest Internet products. Some manufacturers charge for extra software but Guest Internet provides everything you need to set up and manage an Internet hotspot. The login page generator has ten different background options and the login page is branded with your business name. Access codes are generated by the wireless unit and can be downloaded as a CSV file. You can download the data sheets here.

Starting a Low Budget WISP

Are you trying to start a WISP on a low budget? Until recently it was necessary to purchase expensive equipment that could be integrated with a Radius server for authentication, an SNMP server for device monitoring and management, and use captive portal features to install a splash page. Carrier grade products from firms like Colubris have all these features but they cost a lot of money. Now there is very low cost long range equipment (less then $100) from Ubiquiti (Nanostation), Senao (EOC-3220, EOC-2610) and Compex (WPP-54). These low cost products can be transformed into carrier grade products by installing Avansu 3rd party firmware. The firmware is free and the billing and management system is low cost and paid as a service: you don’t pay if you don’t make money. Please read a presentation prepared by a technical author who has worked for many years providing public Internet access on a tight budget. You can download the presentation here in PDF format. If you want to ask the author questions then contact us and we will pass it on.

Make Money by Giving Free Internet to your Customers

Many owners and managers of hospitality businesses (hotels, resorts houseboat rentals, etc) ask us the same question: “I give free Internet to my customers right now, is there any way I can make money out of that”. Surprisingly there is a way to make money by providing free Internet to your customers. We spoke with one of our customers who does that and he told us his approach. Based on what he told us we prepared a PDF presentation that you can download here. We are sure that this will be helpful to you and hopefully help you cover your operating expenses at least.

How to Start Providing Internet for your Customers

Do you run a business that provides a service to the public, like a hotel, marina, library or conference center. If you are not providing Internet access then it is certain that your guests are asking for it. Customers who call us have a lot of questions: where to start?, what is the cost?, how is it installed?. We asked a seasoned hot spot installer to help us explain this and the result is a PDF presentation that you can download here. The author of this presentation will also be writing on our new blog (see details about launch date below) so you can contact us with questions and they will get answered on our blog.