[wirelesstoronto-discuss] stuff at Ile Sans Fil

[Michele Perras]

there's alot of great stuff here. all in all it sounds like there's alot of
good possibility for grwoth/change in the next 6 months or so (or whenver
the next version of wifidog comes out). i've put comments near relevant
bits..
- what events are coming up that WT could supply wifi for? (i have an MEIC
event coming up, also an Ignite -tho the drake is supposed to offer wifi it
sometimes doesn't work)

- They're floating the idea of a second-tier network membership for venues;
it'd be $120 or $240/year.  The venue would be identified on the map in a
different colour, it'd come with a higher level of personal service at the
time of installation, would allow them to edit some content on the portal
page, and would offer bandwidth limiting.  Plus they'd be providing
additional support to ISF.
** this would be a good way to increase revenues once the portal pages are
in place and offer a variety of services for $$$ or $

- They recently implemented a new bandwidth usage policy for users.
*** i think (?) we had spoken about this - do we have a bandwidth cap right
 now? do we need one, esp for high-volume places like YDS or SLM?

- They're rethinking their current 20-minute grace period upon account
creation, recognizing that many accounts are never validated.  Options
they're considering are: offering a 24-hour grace period, better
instructions/interface, redirecting new users to the webmail login of their
email service provider (when possible), and taking whatever steps possible
to ensure that validation emails don't end up in spam folders.
*** is this something that has a negative effect on our users? do we know?
have we ever sent out feedback emails to our users?

- The next major version of wifidog is in development; they're sprinting
with monthly releases.  The major new features are an API to facilitate
Wordpress-based portal pages, and remote router configuration.
** cool!

- They're working on a system that'll allow venues to pay their annual
network membership fees by credit card.
*** also cool. we could also setup a paypal acct if we wanted or an email
money transfer system if WT has online banking (this works with the payer's
bank, costs $1.50 and will make Tom v happy as he worked on the original dev
team in 99)


michele perras
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2009/10/20 Gabe Sawhney <gabe at pwd.ca>

> I lurk on the volunteers mailing list of Ile Sans Fil (our sister group in
> Montreal).  Here's a summary of some of the stuff they discussed at their
> last meeting:
>
> - They ran event wifi for PodCamp Montreal, which had 500 attendees.
> - They might be running event wifi for the Montreal Game Summit, which has
> around 2000 attendees.  They're working on some special equipment for this.
> - They're floating the idea of a second-tier network membership for venues;
> it'd be $120 or $240/year.  The venue would be identified on the map in a
> different colour, it'd come with a higher level of personal service at the
> time of installation, would allow them to edit some content on the portal
> page, and would offer bandwidth limiting.  Plus they'd be providing
> additional support to ISF.
> - They recently implemented a new bandwidth usage policy for users.
> - They've got an iPhone application coming out, which sounds a bit like the
> "Wireless Toronto" app.  (Which we have nothing to do with.)  They're going
> to be offering a free and a $2 version.
> - They're trying to figure out how to resolve the problem of that wifidog
> allows non-case-sensitive usernames.
> - They're rethinking their current 20-minute grace period upon account
> creation, recognizing that many accounts are never validated.  Options
> they're considering are: offering a 24-hour grace period, better
> instructions/interface, redirecting new users to the webmail login of their
> email service provider (when possible), and taking whatever steps possible
> to ensure that validation emails don't end up in spam folders.
> - The next major version of wifidog is in development; they're sprinting
> with monthly releases.  The major new features are an API to facilitate
> Wordpress-based portal pages, and remote router configuration.
> - They're working on a system that'll allow venues to pay their annual
> network membership fees by credit card.
>
>
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