As a free alternative I suggest "iPig" :-) This software (http://www.iopus.com/ipig) includes the option to set up your own VPN server extremly easy. Thus all traffic goes to your computer and not via the Google machines!
Jim McMurry schrieb: > for those who are NOT in the Bay Area and cannot download the Google > VPN client I posted it here: > > http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000283.html > > > > > > On 9/20/05, Mike Outmesguine [sidekick2] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lee Barken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [SCFN] [nycwireless] Google Offers Free Wi-Fi VPN (fwd) > > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:29:20 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:18:29 -0400 > > From: Dana Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: List-NYCwireless <[email protected]> > > Subject: [nycwireless] Google Offers Free Wi-Fi VPN > > > > http://wifi.google.com/faq.html > > > > > > Google plans own WiFi service: Web site > > By Adam Pasick > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050920/wr_nm/google_wifi_dc > > > > Online search leader Google is preparing to launch its own wireless > > Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on > > the company's Web site on Tuesday. > > > > A WiFi service, which offers a high-speed connection to the Internet, > > would take Google even further from its Internet search roots and > > move it into the fiercely competitive world of Internet access > > providers and telecommunications companies. > > > > The Google Web site has several references to Google WiFi but > > provides few details. One page, http://wifi.google.com/faq.html, > > refers to a product called "Google Secure Access," which is designed > > to "establish a more secure connection while using Google WiFi." > > > > A separate page, http://wifi.google.com/download.html, offers a free > > download of Google Secure Access, carrying the headline: "Your > > wireless connection is almost ready to use." > > > > Google declined to comment further. > > > > Speculation about a forthcoming Google WiFi service has been rife > > since August following an article in Business 2.0 magazine, but the > > company has refused to discussed its plans. > > > > Analysts have voiced concerns that Google could extend itself too far > > beyond its core business, while acknowledging its vast financial and > > engineering resources could produce results. > > > > "Becoming a service provider would be quite a stretch for Google, but > > considering the billions of dollars Google could throw at the problem > > it could become a reality," Ovum analyst Roger Entner wrote in the > > wake of the Business 2.0 article. > > > > "Depending on how Google can adapt to these challenging areas and how > > committed it is to the space, it could become a home run or could > > break the bank." > > > > WiFi is an increasingly popular technology that is used to provide > > high-speed wireless Internet access in homes, business and public > > spaces like airports and coffee shops. Google launched a sponsored > > WiFi "hotspot" in San Francisco's Union Square district in April with > > a start-up called Feeva. > > > > The FAQ says that the Google Secure Access service is in "beta," > > meaning that the company does not consider it a fully finished > > product -- standard operating procedure for services like Gmail. > > > > Google, which is rapidly expanding beyond its core Internet search > > service, introduced an instant messaging and telephony service called > > Google Talk in August. > > > > > > > > Dana Spiegel > > Executive Director > > NYCwireless > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.NYCwireless.net > > +1 917 402 0422 > > > > Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info > > > > > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > >
