Scott, maybe you are talking about some of these services that charge you per user and take a cut.
That isn't what W.O. did or what we want, either. I do not mind paying someone a flat rate to handle my RADIUS requests, bandwidth control, and payments via my authorize.net account. I also do not mind BUYING a system to host in my data center. I am not a web designer or database designer though, so I won't be writing a system. We acquired another company who had a crude system with one rate plan that just used scripts to modify router ACLs. W.O. was way ahead of that. These are not just random hotspots in coffee shops, etc. It is the way the majority of my customers are processed. The entire wireless network, towers, mesh networks, etc. is handled like a giant hotspot. Are you interested in doing it? From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scott Carullo Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wireless Orbit closing. Interested in new portal provider You really should do this yourself, especially if you can program a website.... Why pay someone else every day as your users sign up? Use mikrotik hotspot, clear box radius and a sql server. Then you write the code... its a little bit of work but then you control it completely and can attach to any merchant account / bank you choose. Or you could pay someone to set up your own then you still own and maintain it... Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 _____ From: "ralph" <ralphli...@bsrg.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:27 PM To: j...@mvn.net, "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wireless Orbit closing. Interested in new portal provider I have the contact info for the Owner/CoFounder of Wireless Orbit. I have been with them since they started in Palo Alto. I visited them there. Last week he did offer to sell me the Intellectual Property as well as to set up the system in my data center. There's at least one member (besides us) who is talking to them about acquiring the business. We are also looking at WiFiRush (formerly WiFiCPA). We can buy the VM version to run the system for $1000.00. Looks like it does a little more than Wireless Orbit. Ralph From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:17 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wireless Orbit closing. Interested in new portal provider Perhaps you could contact them to see about acquiring their business? Do you have contact information for them? John Scrivner On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:36 PM, ralph <ralphli...@bsrg.org <mailto:ralphli...@bsrg.org> > wrote: We've been using Wireless Orbit for our captive portal AAA and payments for years. Now they drop the bombshell that they will be closing in 2 weeks. Who is using something they can recommend? Requirements: Work with Mikrotik hotspot. Handles multiple locations, all different with different rules, settings, login pages, etc. Handles various payment plans and time limits. Supports Authorize.net Preferably has a flat cost, not a percentage like many of them do. Nice to haves: Can support auto login by MAC Allows users to associate browserless devices with their account. Aggregates simultaneous usage against the maximum set bandwidth (ie. If limit is 6 Mbps down and they have 4 devices running, each device can't use all 6 Mbps simultaneously.) MT User Manager is not an option- doesn't do multiple portals Not sure if the one Butch Evans sells will do it, I think the portals take custom code by the author to implement/change, but I am open to looking. Thanks Ralph _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org <mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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