Turning footfall into a following
Cafés live on frequency: the customer who comes twice a week is worth multiples of the one who visits once. Yet most cafés have no way to reach their regulars — no list, no channel, just hope. Guest WiFi through Telexico Connect changes that quietly: joining the WiFi means a branded splash page (a Spin-to-Win for a free pastry converts brilliantly), building a consented list of the exact people who already visit. Then the automations work the room — a birthday coffee on the house, a 'we've missed you' after three quiet weeks, a rainy-Tuesday offer to Tuesday people. Meanwhile the operational layer stays solid: card machines on a protected network with failover, and a phone that answers about opening hours without pulling anyone off the machine.
The complete stack for cafés
| Service | What it does for you |
|---|---|
| Business broadband | Rock-solid connectivity for tills and card machines with 4G failover — a payment outage at 8:45am is the worst hour to lose. |
| Phone systems | Professional call handling — queues, mobile apps, voicemail-to-email — sized to your team, priced per user. |
| AI receptionist | Answers hours, availability and booking questions so the machine never gets abandoned mid-flat-white. |
| Business WiFi | The regulars-machine: branded capture, birthday and win-back automations, and review routing — while payments stay on a separate protected network. |
| CCTV | HD coverage of the places that matter, viewable from your phone, professionally installed. |
| Business mobiles | SIMs on every major network, shared data, one clear bill for the whole team. |
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Frequently asked questions
Will guest WiFi slow down our card machines?
No — guests run on their own bandwidth-capped network, completely separated from payments and tills. A room full of laptops can't touch your transactions.
What actually gets customers to sign in?
A small game — Spin-to-Win for a free pastry or coffee upgrade — converts far better than a plain form, and the prize cost is trivial against the value of the list.
Can we message just our regulars?
Yes — campaigns can target by visit pattern, so the Tuesday-quiet offer goes to people who actually come on Tuesdays, and birthday treats land on the day.
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