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From: John Fitzgerald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Re: Sonic.Net's new DSL pricing structure ... Newsgroups: ba.internet Date: 2003-08-29 09:30:16 PST
"Daniel Burkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > When might we see more details about your new WiFi sharing plan? > > Regards, > > Danny
Information regarding the WiFi sharing plan (specifically regarding customer-hosted access points) just went online yesterday at <http://www.sonic.net/hotspots/hosting/>. Please note that our VPN concentrator is still still being deployed[1], so there will be some intermittent outages while our operations staff tunes in some of the finer points. This would result in some brief periods of time when folks would be able to connect to your AP but not be able to authenticate through for proper use.
Information for using a Sonic.net Hotspots AP can be found at the captive portal page, viewable at <http://www.sonic.net/support/hotspotportal/>. Basically customers will need to establish a VPN tunnel through which they authenticate. This provides a level of security for both the wireless user and the host (by isolating the WiFi user's traffic), and prevents folks that are not Sonic.net customers from leeching away the host's DSL bandwidth. Bandwidth capping is available on request for hosts that want to ensure that they don't get too hammered by wireless passers-by.
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John Fitzgerald Sonic.net Tech Support 707.547.3400
[1] text correction made by me, per John's followup post
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