Virtual Wireless ISP
Looking for a fully managed Wi-Fi Hotspot for your business? Please read our Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners section.
What is a VWISP?
A Virtual Wireless Internet Service Provider (vWISP) uses an established Wireless ISP's billing and authentication system to provide their customers with Wireless Internet access without large infrastructure costs. PolkaSpots host a multitude of vWISP's from large telecommunication companies to independent IT firms.
We are a specialist channel partner of Pronto Networks and utilise their award-winning Unifi OSS Platform. The Unifi OSS Platform is a flexible, standards-based Operations Support System providing critical back-office and service control functions.
As one of the UK's leading Independent Wireless ISP's, PolkaSpots has a wealth of knowledge to share with their affiliates.
Typically, as a vWISP you should have a good working knowledge of Wireless Networking and also have the infrastructure and manpower to support your Wi-Fi Hotspot Network. Smaller companies may benefit from reading our PolkaSpots Wi-Fi Hotspot Agent section here.
Functionality of the OSS
- Service creation, activation and maintenance of Wi-Fi Hotspot Locations
- Network policies implementation (QoS) and monitoring capabilities
- Authentication, authorisation and accounting (AAA) and custom authentication realms
- Multiple authentication and roaming options
- Roaming clearinghouse for network partners
- Customer care and management
- Payment processing, (Paypal, verisign, Payflow pro, ICICI, Worldpay
What we do
We host the services for you, so all you need to worry about is marketing your Hotspot product and supporting the location owners and users.
There's no time to waste and because we've already invested heavily in hardware to ensure your services run 24/7, you can focus your attention and money on attracting new clients and supporting your users. Think about it. We'd all like more time to worry about generating sales instead of worrying about back-end operations. Choosing a hosted service gives rewards you with this extra time.
Support Services
You get 24/7 support through ourselves and Pronto Networks. We also guarantee 100% uptime. If you need some support for your users, we even have a US based tech support team who can answer your calls in your company name.
How does it work?
Our centralised web-based management system lets you look after your network of WiFi Hotspots through a single web-portal. Make changes, monitor real-time, update and manage all your locations.
Our white-label service means your clients never have to know about PolkaSpots. Did you know that most Internet Service Providers out there today operate virtual services too? Who wants the investment and worry when someone else is willing to do so.
Don't invest thousands. Our low setup costs give you the opportunity to start your own Wi-Fi Company quickly and afforably.
What are the costs?
We work on a revenue share basis for the vWISP scheme. The amount of users on the Hotspot network is directly proportional to the load on our systems and also the amount of work we have to put in. If you want to provide free access, we work on a per-subscriber model. We try an keep everything as simple as possible.
Please contact us directly for more details. You can reach us on 0800 321 3106 or email hello@polkaspots.com
Click here to download the full vWISP brochure. (PDF)
Start your own Wi-Fi Hotspot Company.
You could be setting your own Wi-Fi Hotspots up in only a few days. Call free on 0800 321 3106 to get started soon.