
Internet access is no longer a luxury amenity, it is now the primary way many travelers communicate and do business, and when you don't have it many of those guests will go elsewhere. Checkbox allows you to offer your guests wireless Internet connectivity throughout your facility or just in certain areas, and does it economically.
Checkbox is a simple integrated solutions that allows you to provide controlled Internet access to your customers and guests. It is a simple one-box solution that requires no special training to use and is easy to manage. Now you can offer Internet access for your guests without spending a large amount on equipment or signing contracts with large national providers. Systems are user installable and easily expandable.
It's all yours! Unlike systems from other providers, users do not have to pre-subscribe to a monthly plan. They can purchase access from you on an impulse. The large providers also keep the majority of the revenue, do not allow you to set prices or allow you to give away access, and usually allow users to roam across locations, including to your competetitor's locations. Checkbox lets you keep control, keep all the revenue, and keep the customers.
See The Checkbox in action
The Checkbox System allows you to control access to the Internet on your premises. Using the Checkbox administration screen you can print user tickets that contain an access code. You can create different categories of tickets; for example you can offer 30 free minutes of access with the purchase of a meal, and sell 1 hour of access for $1, or an all month pass for $10. All parameters of the ticket are up to you; the price, the expiration date, and the amount of time allowed online. Using an ordinary printer you can print sheets of tickets that you can distribute to your guests and customers.
Your customers and guests then connect to the network wirelessly with their own laptops or PDA's or through wired ports you provide. Using any web browser the guest will automatically be redirected to a logon pagethat prompts them for their access code. This page can be completely customized by you to feature any graphic, logo branding, and text you want. You also have the option of providing free access or a limited time trial, or use the included credit card module to charge your guests with a credit card or paypal, perfect for unattended areas like marina, parks, etc.
You decide the pricing and revenue
It's your business and your customers. It's your internet connection. Charge whatever you think is fair, or give it away as an added service to your customers.
Controlled Internet access through access codes
The system generates access codes and presents them on "tickets" which you then print and hand out to customers as required. Without a valid ticket, customers cannot gain access to the network.
Easy customization for site recognition
It's your wireless network, you should be able to advertise it as such when your customers use it. Hotspot in a Box is easily "brandable" through a few simple menus anyone can learn to use.
Configurable, unrestricted access to specified web sites.
If you have an existing web site for your business, you can configure the Hotspot to allow access to your web site without the need for an access code.
Range extension through automatic mesh networking
If a single wireless hotspot does not give complete coverage to your location, you can add mesh nodes, allowing you to operate your whole wireless network as a seamless "wireless mesh". Mesh nodes do not require a wired network connection (only power), they connect back to the main unit wirelessly.
Self contained control and management
Checkbox is completely self contained. All operator functions are contained on-board, accessed through your web browser, don't rely on third party servers or services, everything's on-board.
Now I can spend my time doing other things than trying to make the router work. I am very pleased.
Everything is self contained, no third party servers or logos, just an easy to use hotspot.
Jessica Martin, BHT Group
