For ease of use, it is essential that the interface to the public be as easy to use as their current computer systems, if not more so. And reliability is a challenge when a stream of different people with different levels of expertise will be using the equipment. However, the small screen sizes and slow access speeds ultimately prove frustrating to business users. Plus, wireless reception is limited in many large public buildings. Users can be charged for the time used on the system via an optional integrated credit card reader.
Users have flexible options when using V-Link Internet access terminals.
The V-Link terminal then configures itself, even automatically finding the email server so users can send and receive mail and attachments, something no other public access system can do. V-Link terminals are more secure than PCs because they contain no hard disk, so no trace of the user's visit remains on the system once the user logs off. V-Link software also ensures that no artifacts of the visit remain anywhere in the system or on Veicon's server. Through patented Veicon software, the Internet connection can be made securely and economically via the business owner's LAN or via a separate high-speed connection. Inc. Veicon Technology Inc. started the V-Link product development in early 1997 and was incorporated in July 1998 in Beaverton, Oregon.