Case Study: Liveport achieves affordable, reliable guest Wi‑Fi at scale with Datto Networking

Liveport - Customer Case Study

Liveport Hospitality Networks was founded by Gerry Bakker to provide reliable, affordable guest Wi‑Fi for hotels after seeing that pre‑2007 solutions were either poor or prohibitively expensive. The company quickly installed systems in more than 100 properties, but when their original vendor raised prices by 400% they faced a choice: find a lower‑cost, reliable platform or lose the pricing advantage that fueled their growth.

Liveport switched to Open Mesh hardware and CloudTrax cloud management, cutting cabling costs by about 50% with self‑organizing, self‑healing mesh networks and using one access point per 4–10 rooms. The solution is inexpensive, easy to install and manage, supports branded splash pages, throttling, guest isolation and alerts, and meets major hotel HSIA standards—allowing Liveport to upgrade most customers, deploy to hundreds more, keep simple competitive pricing, and minimize support overhead.

Liveport

Gerry Bakker

Liveport