From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.26]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTPA id 337784 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:12:00 -0400 Message-ID: <44FF63CF.4020308@2rosenthals.com> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:11:59 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060904 MultiZilla/1.8.3.0a SeaMonkey/1.5a MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Hotspots: Play-for-Fee vs Play-for-Free References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 09/06/06 07:32 pm, Jeffrey Race thus wrote : > On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:18:28 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > >> Finally, are any of you using Wi-Fi access in large public spaces >> (shopping centers, marinas, parks, etc.)? If so, how is the service? >> >> All of the above pertain not only to the US, but I'm interested in the >> market in the UK (especially), as well as continental Europe and Australia. >> > > Not sure if this is what you are asking but I'll tell you one story. While > travelling in England I needed internet access which is not so easy for > the casual user. So on return to the US I researched this and discovered > the aggregator iPass, who provide access worldwide via dialup, ethernet, > wifi and isdn. They bill by the second. You may sign up for $4/mo or a > one-time $40 fee valid for life (what I chose). It works. Last time I > used the service, in Boston airport awaiting checkin, I paid 35 cents to > download my mail, rather than the $6 minimum login fee to T-Mobile > (which I refuse to pay on principle). > > Anyone interested contact the very good iPass reseller I2ROAM at > +1 866 811-6209 www.i2roam.com Ask for Per Wihlborg. He will > charge you double if you mention my name. > > Thanks, Jeff. Excellent information. So, if I understand you correctly, you pay the one-time $40 which then entitles you to a discounted per-second rate? And when you were in the UK, what did access cost...do you recall? PS - Did you get my email from yesterday concerning Warpstock? -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------