The invention provides a system and method for providing a temporary
wireless service connection to one or more users within a wireless local
area network. In-building services and Internet related services are
provided to the users over their respective temporary wireless service
connections. Each user is charged for their specific usage amounts which
may be based on the number of packets transferred, the number of bytes
transferred, the number of distinct transactions and/or the time period
each user's temporary wireless service connection was active.