Free WiFi for a pub
15 February 2012, 01:48 AM
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Free WiFi for a pub
I'm working at a bar/restaurant and they've mentioned they'd like to offer Free WiFi to customers.
Does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to implement? Or a link to someone that could help.
I believe you can't just get a telephone line and broadband, but need to get a business account or something, like Sky, which makes the cost crazy.
Does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to implement? Or a link to someone that could help.
I believe you can't just get a telephone line and broadband, but need to get a business account or something, like Sky, which makes the cost crazy.
15 February 2012, 07:01 AM
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You can get a business broadband connection for roughly the same price as a consumer connection, the only difference is you will need a firewall as well to stop undisirables looking at **** and god knows what else-something like a sonic wall should do the trick.
15 February 2012, 10:35 AM
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If you don't want to use a commercial offering such as 'The Cloud' or BT Openzone then you can get your own broadband - wire up a wireless access point and you're good to go.
I have a WRT-54G with DD-WRT firmware on (they supply for others too) - it has an inbuilt function to provide an ad-network so you can actually serve adverts to people using your free wifi
I have a WRT-54G with DD-WRT firmware on (they supply for others too) - it has an inbuilt function to provide an ad-network so you can actually serve adverts to people using your free wifi
16 February 2012, 01:16 AM
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I'll look into the options mentioned, thanks guys.
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16 February 2012, 05:23 PM
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Can you get BT Infinity at the pub? I ask as my local had it connected and uses that. Not sure what package he had from BT though. As far as I can tell he just uses the BT router to supply the wireless. Seems to work OK.
He is a master BS&itter though. Cr*pping on about how it worked and how wonderful it was (he'd seen me using my phone on it). He shut up a bit after I told him I lived 200 yds away and had mine installed about a week after him ... :-)
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He is a master BS&itter though. Cr*pping on about how it worked and how wonderful it was (he'd seen me using my phone on it). He shut up a bit after I told him I lived 200 yds away and had mine installed about a week after him ... :-)
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16 February 2012, 07:39 PM
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Bt business broadband ain't that much more expensive. Just upgrading to a business account at home here, £5 a month more. 4 hour tech turnaround and guarantee next working day fault fixing. Faster speeds and fixed IP address, exactly what I wanted.
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