http://wifitastic.com/blog Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:01:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my last post, I wrote about how SSIDs with the price in them are doing really well. I also said that you couldn't use useful symbols like $ or £. I was wrong. A little jiggery pokery on our server and it's all good. You can now use $£¥ and most ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=13 I've noticed something recently about the most succesfull hotspots. They all mention their price in their SSID. Now I've noticed it, it makes sense. When you're looking to connect, you'll often see lots of hotspots. Sometimes you'll see lots that will let connect (for a fee). If you have to connect, load a ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=12 One simple and easy way to increase range is with a set of higher gain antennas. A quick search on ebay for "9dBi RP-TNC" Will come up with a $20 solution. Case in point: Recently a customer of a WifiTastic site here in Hawaii was having trouble connecting to ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=11 We want it to be Granny-Simple for non technical types to set up a hotspot, so for the first firmware, we hid all the tweaks and settings that could confuse non-technical hotspot owners. Of course there are plenty of thoroughly technical users out there, and they wanted access to those advanced ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=10 You can now charge people to use your hotspot in just about any currency there is. I’m not even sure what COP is, but we support that and I’m sure we’ll support your currency of choice! Our Credit card billing still happens in the US, and people do ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=9 I’ve been visiting a friend in St Andrews, Scotland. One of the great benefits of being part of a web-based company is that it doesn’t matter that I’m not in the office. Of course I still have to get my daily internet fix to deal with email and customer service. For ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=8 WifiTastic Converts Wireless Networks Into Public WiFi Hotspots BETA Program Lets Broadband Subscribers Generate Additional Revenue OAHU, HI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/03/2006 -- WifiTastic, LLC. today introduced its public BETA program. WifiTastic enables broadband subscribers to create a revenue-generating hotspot providing high-speed, wireless Internet access to users of WiFi-ready laptops, ... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=7 I've seen a few range extenders on the web - should be good for covering larger areas with a single hotspot. I'd be interested to hear people's experience - how well do these work? Radio Lab's high powered antenna Hypergain's directional antenna (useful for targetting that cafe across the road???) http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=6 We've been digged - Please Dig the story!digg story http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=4 Firmware - Check Billing and authentication - check Store - Check Help - Check Forum - Check Blog - Check Press Release - Check Coming up on the Beta..... http://wifitastic.com/blog/?p=3