Kiosk charges you a small fee for a Wi-Fi connection
Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:07PM EDT
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What do you with all that loose change in your pocket? Besides feeding it to
parking meters or soda machines, you could soon be accessing a Wi-Fi signal
thanks to Handlink's Wi-Fi Kiosk machine. The coin-operated Wi-Fi station works like
this: drop a few coins into the machine, wait for it to print a ticket with
an access code, and log in to your temporary account. After your time has elapsed,
you'll be asked to deposit more coins or you'll be disconnected and your account
deleted.
Anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or PDA can access the 802.11b/g connection. Strangely, this kiosk is really stuck in time and only accepts coins, so forget about feeding it dollar bills or credit cards. The machine is currently being sold to hotels, coffee shops, restaurants, and convention centers where money is to be made from fee-based Wi-Fi.
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2 Posted by sciencetroll@verizon.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:08PM EDT Report Abuse
thats really cool. i have a pocket pc and im always trying to get a signal at mcdonalds and stuff but the paying for several hours part really gets me. all i want is like 15 minutes to go online or something and thats it. paying with coins sounds great to me.
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1 Posted by andrewjohndeming on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:54PM EDT Report Abuse
Depending on the business I am skeptical about this. I guess it is better than paying $9.99 for a day pass(when you only need 45 min- 1 hour). I don't like the fact that some business charge for Internet, i.e. Airports,coffee shops,and hotels. They have the wireless Internet why shouldn't the customers get this perk for free. In my opinion that's a deal breaker when picking out a coffee shop or hotel.