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WiFi Hotspots For Your Hotel - A Guide to Providing Guest Internet Access

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  Providing guest Internet access in your Hotel can be a useful extra revenue stream and many customers now expect Internet access to be available. Systems can be as basic as a $50 WiFi router in the Hotel lobby or as complex as installing network points in each room and running an onsite server. Guest Room or Lobby Access The first question you should ask yourself is whether you want to provide access in every guest room or just in the lobby? Depending on the layout of your property it could become a much larger project to provide access in every guest room. Wired or Wireless Another important question is whether you want your guests to connect to the Internet via wired or wireless network connection. Generally speaking WiFi is more popular and easier to set-up. Wired (LAN) access can work better in situation where WiFi propagation is poor, such as buildings with very thick walls. Unless you already have Cat5 wiring in place it can cause a lot of disruption to run new wiring to each g