Comments on: Give Me Wireless. Pleeeeeease! http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/give-me-wireless-pleeeeeease/ Thoughts on sales, marketing and the internet. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: thomasr http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/give-me-wireless-pleeeeeease/#comment-43169 thomasr Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:14:04 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/give-me-wireless-pleeeeeease/#comment-43169 Simon, Could not agree more- it's insane that a Telstra wireless hotspot is 20c a minute plus connection fee. That is more than walking into a 'net Cafe. (I just checked it out and net cafes are about $4-$5 an hour- some include a latte at that price. SHEESH!) see: http://www.telstra.com.au/wirelesshotspots/pricing.htm I see a parallel with the New York Times opening up/removing their subscriber only site areas as it showed that they would make more money from advertising if they opened up their access than by subscriptions. So if you own a cafe, offer free access to your customers (having it WEP protected is fine- have a new password every week!) with every purchase. You'll make more back from doing that then you'll lose! Tom Simon,

Could not agree more- it’s insane that a Telstra wireless hotspot is 20c a minute plus connection fee. That is more than walking into a ‘net Cafe. (I just checked it out and net cafes are about $4-$5 an hour- some include a latte at that price. SHEESH!)

see:
http://www.telstra.com.au/wirelesshotspots/pricing.htm

I see a parallel with the New York Times opening up/removing their subscriber only site areas as it showed that they would make more money from advertising if they opened up their access than by subscriptions.

So if you own a cafe, offer free access to your customers (having it WEP protected is fine- have a new password every week!) with every purchase. You’ll make more back from doing that then you’ll lose!

Tom

]]> By: Michel Hogan http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/give-me-wireless-pleeeeeease/#comment-43165 Michel Hogan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:18:00 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/give-me-wireless-pleeeeeease/#comment-43165 Couldn't agree more, after moving back to oz from the US earlier this year I am constantly flummoxed by the lack of free wireless access in cafes and bookstores and well - anywhere really. I guess you could say I have been pouting having become good and spoiled by the ready access of access in every cafe, bookstore, henhouse and public space in the US... come on - time to wake up and get with the 21st century! Couldn’t agree more, after moving back to oz from the US earlier this year I am constantly flummoxed by the lack of free wireless access in cafes and bookstores and well - anywhere really. I guess you could say I have been pouting having become good and spoiled by the ready access of access in every cafe, bookstore, henhouse and public space in the US…

come on - time to wake up and get with the 21st century!

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