Not a bad idea. esp the shade one, with summer comming and all.
Complementary power outlets seem to be a thorny issue, if coffee shops provide
ready access to power, hotspots become areas of poor circulation, with all the
issues that causes for buisness owners.
I am curious: How many people reading this would be content using free wifi,
but paying a hefty rate for the use of electricity (extending your indoor
useage period beyond the life of your batteries), thereby ensuring that the
buisness owners arn't penalized by allowing you access to electricity?
Anyone who NEEDs unblocked ports like tcp 25 can tunnel to thier home computer,
or get a free shell. I dont want to see overly open APs becoming a source of
anonymised spam. Blocked ports are probably a Good Thing(tm) but tracking who
is responsable in this field (and who is not) may help boost awareness.
Biggles! Fetch the comfy chair!
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Rob Kelley wrote:
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:13:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rob Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe
[http://business.newsforge.com/business/06/05/02/1951202.shtml?tid=39&tid=92
]
Some of this article was obvious but most of it wasn't, especially to Joe
Coffeeshop owner.
My big thing is power outlets. I like places where they're pentiful and
easy to get to.
In fact, I always thought it'd be cool to carry these not-so-obvious facts
about a hotspot like:
1. Indoor? Outdoor?
2. Shade?
3. Comfy chairs?
4. Power outlets?
5. Blocked ports?
6. # Available seats (I go to places where there are a lot of seats).
What makes a good wi-fi cafe?
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