Tourism is probably the biggest industry in the Caribbean Islands. A vast majority of tourists come from environments which heavily
utilise internet services. Many people like to keep in touch via email while on holiday, or send photos to friends and family. Business visitors
like to keep a close eye on their business while on vacation, running reports, accessing corporate information, emailing colleagues or
even holding online meetings using web cameras and virtual meeting software.
For island business this can only be good. Giving people the facility to communicate while miles away from home, makes them all the more
likely to actually book their holiday, therefore increasing the number of potential visitors. If your business offers these services,
you are increasing your marketability over your competitors. Soon, if you do not offer these services, you will be behind your
competition, and you will be losing out on valuable revenue.
iSurfCentral
iSurfCentral is the internet billing and wifi hotspot product that we use. We are the exclusive authorized dealer in
the Caribbean for iSurfCentral.
The iSurfCentral billing system is a new IP billing product that is yet to hit the market, but already has superior capabilities. Some of these
features include:
- Full radius authentication.
- Gateway access and cache controller devices.
- Pre-configured WiFi subscriber gateway devices.
- End-user web portal for customer account management.
- Client web portal for account management
- Customer Credit Card Payments
- Online SurfCard orders
- Searchable Knowledge Base and FAQs
- Support Ticketing System
- User Account Enquiry System
- Full Account/User/System Status Reports
- ...and much more
We install and support all iSurfCentral systems in the Caribbean area.
Selling Internet Access
Charging for Internet Access is a valuable revenue generator. Imagine that you run a small internet cafe with 4 internet kiosks, your
512Kbps broadband connection costs you say $60 per month, and on an average day you have 5 internet users per kiosk, each using
the service for 1 hour. Assume that you charge $8 per hour and you are open 6 days a week.
That is a total revenue of $4,128, and a net profit of $4,068 per month (4.3 weeks on average). If you put aside some for maintenance,
support etc, then you have a clear $3,700 per month profit! Scale these estimates up to a 200-room hotel and you are looking at a valuable
revenue source. The actual impact is more than these figures represent because you are getting more visitors to your business, therefore
more additional revenue (an internet user perhaps will have a coffee and something to eat while using the internet). Even when you take
into account the capital outlay, you can still break even and start making profit after only a few weeks!
Starting is Easy!
You do not need a cafe to make this revenue from internet access. In fact any business that has a public area where customers will be can
earn revenue from selling internet access. You could go the whole way and build an dedicated internet cafe with 20 computers and a WiFi Hotspot, or you could
simply install a wireless hotspot in your bar or restaurant.
Caribbean Systems offers complete wireless internet cafe and hotspot solutions, including the hardware, software, networking, installation, setup
and training. You can choose from a complete internet cafe starter package which gives you one secure internet kiosk for customers that do
not have a computer, and a hotspot for those wireless customers that do. We will provide you with pre-paid pre-printed SurfCards, and you
just sell those on to your customers. We will also work alongside you and give you complete after-care and support, so that you do not ever
need to involve yourself with the technical side of the service.
Hotel and Apartment Solutions
If you were a tourist, imagine being able to use the internet without even leaving the hotel, in fact without even leaving your room! Guest
room internet access is fast becoming a worldwide standard, and if you do not offer this service soon then you will be losing out against
your competition.
Through our partners iSurfCentral
we provide robust, scaleable and future-proof internet access billing systems for the largest requirements.
We can deliver internet access to any location within your site through your existing telephone lines, gigabit wired network or using wifi/wireless technologies. We install
every aspect of the system for you, guide and train your staff through the 1st level support responsibilities and manage the billing system for you.
Whatever IP billing solution you need for your business, we can provide it! With over 60 years of collective experience, we will always find the best
solution for any requirement. Please
contact us for more information, even if you
only have ideas - let us help you to decide if they are feasible or not.
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