Patent ID: 7324469
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing and operating an Internet Hotspot comprising the steps of: providing a satellite dish communicating with the Internet via data link with a satellite; providing at least one router operatively coupled to the satellite dish; providing a subscriber access unit operatively coupled between the satellite dish and the router; installing the satellite dish, router and subscriber access unit in a rural location, the rural location experiencing a relatively high volume of transient traffic; connecting a web-ready device to the router; creating by a user a subscription account, the subscription account being created on a remote server and enabling the user to access the Internet; navigating a browser operating on the web-ready device to a subscriber access website, the subscriber access website being capable of verifying that the subscription account is valid; verifying that the subscription account is valid via the subscriber access website to allow access to the Internet; and allowing a user to access the Internet at the rural location.