Re: [nycwireless] Project: EASILY and CHEAPLY (un)wiring a coffee shop without a PC

[freelance writer]

Following up my own email in the interest of providing some sort of resource 
for other people/small businesses as I mentioned at the end of my email, 
does anyone (the Business Outreach Group?) have any data on customer 
behavior as it pertains to wireless ethernet?  For example, polls must have 
been taken asking what percentage of people would go to coffee shop x over y 
if x had wireless ethernet (free) and y didn't.  I'm sure this has all been 
published, I just don't know where.

Again, many thanks.  Looking forward to any possible insights from the 
group.



From: "freelance writer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [nycwireless] Project: EASILY and CHEAPLY (un)wiring a coffee shop 
without a PC
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:59:16 -0400

Hello all,

I've been an avid reader of this list for some time(just re-subscribed), 
but my lack of experience on the *nix side of the world (relative to my 
experience in the Microsoft world) has been a bit of an achilles' heel for 
me.  Having recently been laid off, I'm thinking of doing a selfish good 
deed by helping a local coffee shop install an AP.

The thing is, I think convincing a small coffee shop to pay a minimum 
$150/month or so to install a free service is going to be hard enough 
without bringing in a scary-looking PC and trying to convince them that 
it'll all be OK.  The idea would be to buy a linksys/d-link box that didn't 
suck.

Off the top of my head, a few things I would want if I owned the shop.

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