Wi-Fi hotspot data prices slashed

This is a step backwards. With the old pricing model it was up to each establishment to determine the price per megabyte. The minimum rate used to be about 8c per megabyte. The new rate is between 20c and 40c per megabyte. (I considered Skyrove as an option for my guest house last year)

I want to provide wi-fi access at an affordable rate to clients at my guest house. Can I legally resell bandwidth using my existing wireless ADSL router and repeaters? How can I implement this? Any hardware / software suggestions will be highly appreciated.
 
The problem with wi-fi is that you can never find a hotspot when you really need one. 3G is much more convenient and usually a hell of a lot faster.
 
Cell-C is R 150 for 2Gb. Plus even with the limited coverage they have now (only major cities are really covered well) it is still better, since WiFi hot spots are only in major cities as well. So Cell-C is cheaper and has better coverage.

Wonder who these uninformed people are using the WiFi hotspots.
 
good question. if I stay in a complex and I create a shared wireless connection but through IPCOP cyfrowa or something similar and charge people to get onto my network is it legal?
 
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Prefer cellc - it's still the cheapest option, even if it's EDGE.

At least it's better than using a dial-up connection...
 
Antec said:
This is a step backwards. With the old pricing model it was up to each establishment to determine the price per megabyte. The minimum rate used to be about 8c per megabyte. The new rate is between 20c and 40c per megabyte. (I considered Skyrove as an option for my guest house last year)

I want to provide wi-fi access at an affordable rate to clients at my guest house. Can I legally resell bandwidth using my existing wireless ADSL router and repeaters? How can I implement this? Any hardware / software suggestions will be highly appreciated.
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This is how most guest houses work - one of my clients have been doing this for years. Just get the fastest ADSL you can, an uncapped account and let the customers pay a fixed rate for unlimited internet (included in their stay). All you need is a wireless router and maybe some repeaters depending on the size of the guesthouse.
 
Wow! Yet another company who are just worried about squeezing as much outta the bottom line instead of providing a real value proposition. I see skyrove not making any inroads into the industry, well not as much as they would like, cause for one, cell c has mobility AND is way cheaper! Oh well, management prob only see dollar signs and nothing else. SAD really.
 
With MWEB you get that free 300MB with I think WirellessG, but it is cumbersome to authenticate by which time I could have finished using the phone 3g data for whatever purpose instead of wasting time, is there any way to have the credentials cached so it will be entered or more streamlined...?
 
Unlimited rollover is a major advantage over the competition, for which I'm prepared to pay a premium. What that premium should be is another matter, but I'd imagine that most people use these services for simple web browsing and not for downloading huge amounts of data.
 
Since hotspots means u are limnted to where u can download, i see this as an inferior technology.
Therefore, the price should be less than "more advanced" edge/gprs/3g+ technologies.

Do they actually have a customer? If so, why??
 
Interesting. When you see a company offering you a data bundle, with no expiration on it, you reflect on how it is that mobile providers are allowed to expire a data bundle.

I think that the competent authorities should look at whether it should be made illegal to expire data which has been paid for.

I can't see what defence the mobile operators can claim for cancelling unused bandwidth. It's not like there are two tariffs: one for unlimited life data and another for 60 days life.

I know that this practice is widespread, including in Europe, but since the regulators are keen to make internet access viable for the poorly paid - I think they should look at this - after they have forbidden Telkom to charge for enabling ADSL on their phone lines. (A low hanging fruit if ever there was one)
 
Antec said:
This is a step backwards. With the old pricing model it was up to each establishment to determine the price per megabyte. The minimum rate used to be about 8c per megabyte. The new rate is between 20c and 40c per megabyte. (I considered Skyrove as an option for my guest house last year)

I want to provide wi-fi access at an affordable rate to clients at my guest house. Can I legally resell bandwidth using my existing wireless ADSL router and repeaters? How can I implement this? Any hardware / software suggestions will be highly appreciated.
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labratza said:
good question. if I stay in a complex and I create a shared wireless connection but through IPCOP or something similar and charge people to get onto my network is it legal?
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ruan567 said:
This is how most guest houses work - one of my clients have been doing this for years. Just get the fastest ADSL you can, an uncapped account and let the customers pay a fixed rate for unlimited internet (included in their stay). All you need is a wireless router and maybe some repeaters depending on the size of the guesthouse.
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certainly not on a consumer/home account. you would at the least have to be on a business account i would imagine. and even then the reselling part wuld probably still not be kosher.
 
Even if it's in the contract that you can't resell bandwidth, I'd love to see that one play out in a court. Once purchased, bandwidth is yours to consume as you please.
 
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