Running a Mac OS X-based internet café or wireless hotspots?

I am interested to know if anyone has any experience running an automated billing system for an internet café and/or wireless hotspots using elegant OS X software.
If someone could share their experience or point me in the direction of software or other websites, I would be very appreciative (and I'm sure there are others out there wanting to know this too).
Many thanks,
Galen
P.S. I'm also posting this question in the Tiger networking forum as I'm not sure which place is more relevant (http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=755)

Hi, are these a particular brand of cameras that require this?

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