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Requirement: Value-added Services via Public Internet Access
Be informed at all times, receive important mails wherever you are—the information society makes tough demands of modern communications. Which is why universities are expanding their offerings of Internet-based services, and companies and local authorities are looking for value-added services for their customers and target groups.
Solution: Public Spots from LANCOM
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Public Spot solutions from LANCOM provide operators with the option of complementing their closed network with publicly available wireless Internet access. These are based on LANCOM access points that have been upgraded with the Public Spot Option. Access to the Internet is easy and uses WLAN-capable laptops and Web browsers.
- Students and professors use public spots on the university campus to access the Internet and faculty resources.
- Travelling business people can access their e-mails from the airport departure lounge.
- Hotel owners can provide their guests with high-speed Internet access for a fee.
- Libraries extend their classical options with new methods of research.
- Clinics offer differentiation in the competition for wealthy private patients by offering Internet access from the hospital bed.
- Football clubs provide the journalists in their stadiums with realtime connections to their editors via WLAN.
- Cities and holiday destinations complete their range of services by offering free Internet access.
LANCOM Advantages
LANCOM has years of experience in establishing public spots in buildings and in the open.
- User-friendly authentication and billing for the services via the Web
- Accounting data (online time, volumes) per user and session
- Easy printing of prepaid vouchers where access is not free
- Interface to external billing programs for prepaid, flatrate or billing models
- Strict separation of guest access from your own network by means of VLAN technology
- Separate firewall and routing settings for guest access accounts
- Optional for all WLAN Controllers, access points and WLAN routers
References & Success Stories
Public spots from LANCOM are in operation in universities, in the public sector, in hospitals, in tourism, and in public transport. We present you with a number of interesting installations in the form of success stories:
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Further Information
In our Wireless LAN Solution Guide you will find extensive information on our wireless LAN solutions: From the basics to practical example applications and a detailed product overview.