Boingo offers monthly flat-rate wireless aggregation service

Iria · Jun 25, 2007, 05:12 PM

Source: News.com
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MILAN--As Wi-Fi hot spots proliferate, it has become possible to open a laptop and connect to the Internet in just about any major airport as well as in thousands of hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars. Yet logging on can sometimes be onerous, and pricing is likely to be expensive and opaque.

This has created an opportunity for what are called aggregators, companies that bring together the Wi-Fi networks of many different operators and allow clients to connect in the same manner and at the same price whether they are at a cafe in Los Angeles, an airport in Milan or a hotel in Bangkok.

But while a standardized system can make logging on easier, costs have remained high.

On Monday, Boingo Wireless, one of the biggest aggregators with more than 100,000 hot spots, introduced what it says is the first worldwide flat-rate plan for Wi-Fi hot spots.

Jun 25, 2007, 05:12 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Boingo offers monthly flat-rate wireless aggregation service Source: News.com ________ MILAN--As Wi-Fi hot spots proliferate, it has become possible to open a laptop and connect to the Internet in just about any major airport as well as in thousands of hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars. Yet logging on can sometimes be onerous, and pricing is likely to be expensive and opaque. This has created an opportunity for what are called aggregators, companies that bring together the Wi-Fi networks of many different operators and allow clients to connect in the same manner and at the same price whether they are at a cafe in Los Angeles, an airport in Milan or a hotel in Bangkok. But while a standardized system can make logging on easier, costs have remained high. On Monday, Boingo Wireless, one of the biggest aggregators with more than 100,000 hot spots, introduced what it says is the first worldwide flat-rate plan for Wi-Fi hot spots.