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WiFi is a very hot commodity worldwide…for both users & those wanting to cash in on the business potential. Below you’ll find some things to consider if you’re one of those interested in the business potential of WiFi. If you have more to add….please do.

I’ll try to keep this as simple as possible.

Here’s some simple ideas you should consider for becoming a WiFi Hotspot.

* To turn your business into a hotspot, you really only need 2 things:

- Hotspot Kit (which should include hardware, software, and remote monitoring)

- High Speed Internet (whatever is appropriate for your situation….DSL, T1, or DS3 connectivity)

* Before you order your hotspot kit, you need to first determine what type of service you will need:

- Single Access Point OR

- Multiple Access Point

The number of connection points you need is determined by the amount of area that you wish to make available for wireless internet access. For example….larger hotels will require one access point per every 20 rooms (on average) while a coffee shop can adequately service their clientele with just a single access point.

* The last decision you will need to make is whether or not to bill your clients for wireless internet access. Today, more and more enterprises are offering wireless internet access as a value-added service in an effort to attract more visitors to their hotels/shops. In today’s competitive environment, offering complimentary hot zones can be the determining factor when customers weigh your offering against that of your competitors.

However, should you find that billing your customers is what you want to do, find a provider who can help you do that. Your hotspot kit should come with software that will enable you to take credit cards right over your gateway (the page the users ’see’ when they try to access the web using your hotspot). You’ll likely partner with that provider in that revenues would be shared by both you and “them”. Thae provider you choose will make sure the hotspot is running efficiently. This allows you to focus on your key business and to receive a profit-share check each and every month your customers log on to the net in your hotspot.

The above is a simplistic description of what you’ll need to think about before becoming a WiFi hotspot. Do your homework along these lines and you’ll have a decent foundation to make a good business sense decision.

Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications….including DS3-Bandwidth.com and Business-VoIP-Solution.com Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you’re always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.

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Behind every automated robotic factory, there are dedicated professionals who must maintain, upgrade and watch the systems. A smooth running manufacturing plant is the key to success and efficiency is the key. Most modern day factories have developed some incredible processes and are adamant about maintaining a “Zero Lost Units” goal. It is paramount to them. So much so that the 24-hour factories over work the dedicated humans watching over them, many in fact complain that there is not a lot of time to do any more than eat and sleep and watch the machines get it done.

Does this sound very “Black Belt” Six Sigma; GE to you? Well it is, as ISO protocols and all have become the name of the game. Incidentally my uncle started “Six Sigma” and GE borrowed it for their buzzword. You cannot imagine how much could be lost with a downtime problem with such a factory, ouch. In some cases such as auto assembly lines the costs of an outage can be millions per minute?

Recently in talking with a gentleman in China who said that when an employee messed up on a stabilizer for a Boeing Product in the factory, they took them out back and shot them; so much for “Zero lost units” and oh yah, that and those onerous OSHA standards? Will robotic factories in the United States allow our companies to compete with that cheap Chinese Labor? You would never shoot a robot in a factory, as they cost millions of dollars. Of course some poor factory worker might go ballistic after losing his job to a robot and try to? If our factories can compete with China this way there could be an incredible leveling of the playing field and trade deficits. Their currency floating change in policy recently for instance could help us sell more cars there? Meanwhile adding 10% to their currency, now it is pegged to a bunch of currencies. It will have an affect on many industries here in the United States.

The Union Employees may take an initial hit in jobs, but in the end the only way for us to compete with the cheapest labor rates on the Planet is to make robotics our mainstay. It will keep our economy healthy and thus provide additional jobs in service and retail, while keeping our trade deficits in line with some sense of reality. But it takes a lot of great smart people to run robotic factories and we need more of them. We need more students going into robotics and the computer sciences that run them. We need to work on this as a major national priority now. Think on this, think computer robotics.

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