Not certain on what number to set as your time allowance? Having a hard time whether the time you have in mind is too long or too short? This matter should actually be based on your establishment and target market. However, here are some pros and cons of having a longer or shorter time allowance:
Pros for having a short time allowance (1 - 5 hours)
- You can accurately monitor the volume of your customers in a day through your Access Logs
- Prevents connection overload
Cons for having a short time allowance (1 - 5 hours)
- Irritability of some customers. Since after the given time, users are going to be required to input their email/phone number again in order to continue using the wifi which may interrupt the activities of a certain user
Pros for having a long time allowance (5 hours and above)
- Customers don't need to log back in if they didn’t consume the allotted hours on the first visit. -- Customers’ convenience
Cons for having a short time allowance (5 hours and above)
- There might be inaccuracies in monitoring the volume of your customers in a day. For instance, your time allowance is 10 hours; since the customer didn’t consume it in a single visit, it’ll just reconnect automatically on their next visit or even when they just pass by without going through your splash pages.
You can also check out the table below showing the data consumption of each corresponding activity:
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Activity
Data Consumption
One hour web browsing
10 - 25MB
Download a document
2MB
One hour of Facebook
20MB
Download a music track
4MB
Stream 30 minutes of YouTube
175MB
Download a non-HD film
700MB-1GB
Download an HD film
4GB
Stream one hour of HD video
2GB
Stream one hour of HD video
2GB
Stream one hour of music or radio
150MB