John Locke had once said that “Man is a social animal“. Judging by the raging popularity of the social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and iBibo, one wouldn’t really differ from him. The modes of communication have evolved a lot – from the humble letter to telephones, to the Internet. Even on the Internet, there were mailing lists, then came in discussion forums, which later paved way for the social networks, the way we know them today.

As and when social networks grew popular, several others started sprouting up, that catered to a very niche segment of audiences. Some of the were PagalGuy (for the higher studies aspirants), Connectbillions (social network for the Indian villages), LinkedIn (network for the professionals), TrackMyPeriods (a network for women who wish to track their menstrual cycles), and many more. This gave rise to the idea of making the WiFi go social.

Today, India is touted to have one of the best potentials for the growth of Internet connectivity. However, lack of ease and availability of access has been playing a major role in hindering that growth. While biggies like Bharti, BSNL and TATA have been trying hard to get every single inch of this country’s 3.2 million square kilometers wired, India’s varied topography poses a huge challenge. This makes Wireless Fidelity (popularly known as WiFi) the best possible answer to the Great Indian Dream.

We, at Airlink Wireless, decided to pursue this Great Indian Dream, but with a twist. Today, we find almost every single home and establishment going wire-free. We, ourselves, have deployed over 5,000 WiFi locations all over the world. And the number is steadily increasing.

This is where Airspot figures in! While almost each of us uses a WiFi router today, try imagining how the world would be when suddenly every single WiFi hotspot network can be accessed by anyone and everyone around you? How many times has it been that your mobile phone notified you of a couple of wireless networks around you, but you couldn’t access it because they were meant to be for private use only? Yes, we are speaking of a WiFi usage boom, here.

We understand that the very first idea to strike you is the security concerns. We also understand that the very reason why you can not access a private wireless network is concern for security. And we have taken complete measures to plug the security hole with the best of industry standards. While, a detailed explanation of the security measures does not figure within the scope of this particular blog post, do expect one from us, very soon.

So, getting back to our discussion, how do you reckon it would be, if you could access a wireless network any time you wanted, didn’t matter where you were? That is precisely our mission statement, with Airspot. “Airspot allows you to share your existing Internet connection with everyone around you.”

How does that happen?

Every Airspot router broadcast 2 SSIDs, “Airspot-Private” and “Airspot-Public”. “Airspot-Private” is for your personal use, while others can log onto your network using the other SSID, “Airspot-Public”. They shall need to purchase a Internet access plan and are ready to surf.

Why should I share?

As they say, more you share, more you get. In real life, this why you might wish to share your Internet connection -

• No one uses his Internet bandwidth to the fullest. it never hurts to share the surplus with the world.
• You get to earn easy money, sitting at home. All you need to do is share 30% of your Internet bandwidth and you earn 50% of what a Visitor pays, to access the Internet on your network.
• Your Airspot locations gets its own social profile on the web.

What is a Social Profile?

This is why we say that WiFi has finally gone social. Every Airspot location gets to be a part of the Airspot Community, and also a profile page of its own, with the following features -

• Feature your own Content - Be it your blog posts, Twitter updates or even photos that you have uploaded on Flickr, you can now feature all of them, at one place, on Airspot’s Social Profile page.
• Aggregated Social Presence - You might be a member of Facebook, Twitter, or even Orkut. You do not need to share all your profile URLs anymore. Just share your Airspot profile URL and the rest shall already be featured, right there.
• Live Online Status - Anyone who might want to plan their public WiFi usage can sit at his home and confirm whether your Airspot location is currently online, or not. Customer satisfaction is our key priority.
• Testimonials - More people write about your Airspot location, higher are the chances for people to use your network, rather than your neighbor’s. This definitely means more money for you!

Of course, there are a lot of questions that are still hovering in your mind. Kindly allow us to approach your concerns and queries, one by one. While you can always connect with us via this blog’s comment section, our Facebook Fan page or even on Twitter, you could also visit our FAQ page, for now, to know more. In the mean time, let us get back to our word processor and churn out more blog posts for you.