Kelly, If you have more than 2 or 3 neighbors that can share your connection you may want to consider a better solution than SpeakEasy. We offer a gateway appliance called Netometer. With SpeakEasy you get 50% of the revenue collected after 30 days or more. With Netometer, you get 100% of the revenue immediately upon user purchase.
Here is what we offer at Prepay Network Technology. www.prepaynt.com We provide a complete system solution for a fixed fee of $40/month/Netometer. You collect 100% of the revenue generated by your hotspot. You can use Netometer on any WAN connection type (cable, DSL, satellite, T1, 802.16 fixed wireless, etc.) and since Netometer is a stand alone alliance, it does not require a PC at the hotspot location to run the software. One Netometer can support many Access Points to cover sectored areas with directional antennas. You can easily setup a cell with a large radius to cover many homes or businesses. Netometer is also fully integrated with PayPal to enable your users to pay for service with on-line credit card purchases. You (the owner) set up a PayPal account at no cost to you. This takes only a few minute to do on-line. Users of your system can make time or byte purchases (the choice is set by you) or monthly recurring subscriptions. All the money goes directly and immediately into your PayPal account. Through your PayPal account you can transfer the money free to your regular bank account at any time. PayPal charges only 2.2% + $0.30/tranaction (this is a very low transaction fee for on-line credit card purchases) and unlike most banking merchant accounts, there are no monthly fees or cancellation charges. In summary, our system offers a very simple, quick, low cost way for you to receive credit card purchases. You give us your Logo and we brand all Users portal pages with your brand (ie. "Kelly's Neighborhood WiFi Service"). New Users must agree to a terms of use agreement, to protect you from liabilities of illegal activities (child porn, terrorist activities, spam generation, etc.) conducted by the users of your system. We give you the ability to make cash sales by issuing PIN codes sold to Users. This is done by using a secure web portal, that you and your authorized sales clerks can use. This is included in our service fees, you keep all the revenue from cash sales. Netometer gateway provides full firewall protection from the WAN connection, for you and your users. Netometer sells for $500 each, and does not include the WiFi AP. You can use almost any WiFi AP as long as it doesn’t NAT the user IP addresses. The Netometer uses the unique IP addresses for each user to control access and meter usage. Prepay Network Technology will be your system eyes and ears, and notify you of any system problems. This is included in our $40/month/Netometer fee. You will also be able to keep track of your system using the secure web portal provided to you as an owner. With this web portal you can change your rates, see your users, see your Netometers (if you have multiple locations) and make changes to settings. You can also see how many cash sales are being made by your sales clerks. Check out our web site at www.prepaynt.com for more details. Even a small "hotspot" charging low rates can recover the cost of equipment within a few months. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Law Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Home Wireless Wow, Thanks for all the information. I knew this group would be worth joining. I'll now have to come to a meeting and meet everyone. I have been tossing around the idea of starting a wifi consulting firm in Phoenix to get more people aware of wireless, and building hotspots with free access. I was going to use either the open brick or soekris hardware and install a captive portal and have everything link back to me for hosting of mysql and such. But speakeasy.net looks like a great solution also. If anyone has suggestions on starting this endeavor I would like to hear them. For my home use I am currently using Cox Business DSL (yuck) So I am looking for DSL in my area that doesn't mind me sharing it. I did a survey of the area and there is no wifi, from what I can see within a mile se-rounding the house. So I think an omni will be my first start. Does anyone think I should use an amp or do they cause too much noise on the line? By the way, the house comes pre wired, and I had them upgrade the attic with its own power supply also. :-) I wish I could put the antennas outside though. But that is a no no to the HOA. Once this is up and running, it will be time for the new Cafe and Community center they are building. Again thanks, Kelley
