INFO taken from the latest GONT 10KSB
" Although we cannot be sure that we will be successful in marketing our internet kiosks, we intend to have the 2,000 internet kiosks installed and
operating in hotels at the end of a two-year period. Presently, 369 hotels have signed contracts and 167 have been installed as of January 10, 2000 in 25
different states. Our existing customers include franchises of Ramada Inns, Holiday Inns, Howard Johnsons, Econolodge, Radisson Inn and Country Suites. No
one customer or chain accounts for a substantial portion of our business to date. A majority of our kiosk sites are in metropolitan areas such as: Atlanta,
GA; Washington, DC; Birmingham, AL; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; San Antonio, TX; Orlando, FL; Chicago, IL; Phoenix, AZ; Nashville, TN; Charlotte, NC; Grand
Rapids, MI; Oklahoma City, OK etc. 329 of the 369 sites are located within 10 miles of an international or regional airport.
The hotel receives in exchange a 10% share of kiosk revenues with a $45 monthly minimum. The contract is renewable by the hotel for an additional four years or eight years in total. We agree to maintain the kiosk from our share of the revenues. Presently, the total direct installed cost of each internet kiosk is
approximately $3,300, which has been brought down from our initial cost of $5,100.
After entering into a contract with the hotel owner, we order the kiosks from the manufacturer (providing a direct shipping address for the location), order a telephone line approximately two weeks prior to installation, order the internet service provider for the location and confirm that appropriate
telephone line and RJ11 jacks are installed and telephone service is active. When the kiosk is shipped from the manufacturer and arrives at the site, we
dispatch an installation crew to install the kiosk and train the location owner and employees on the use of the system. |
