Using Wayport Hot Spots

Using Wayport Hot Spots
Another big commercial hot spot provider is Wayport (www.wayport.com).
Wayport has made business travelers its number one focus: The company
has hot spots in over 475 hotels and in 10 major airports nationwide. Besides
just offering Wi-Fi access, Wayport offers wired Internet access in many
hotels and airports. (You’ll see Wayport Laptop Lane kiosks in many airports
when you scurry from your security strip search to the gate.)
Wayport, like T-Mobile, offers a range of service plans, ranging from one-time,
pay-as-you-go plans using your credit card to prepaid calling card plans. You
can sign up as an annual customer for $29.95 a month (if you sign up for a
year’s worth of service; otherwise, it’s $49.95 for a month-to-month plan) to get
unlimited access to any of Wayport’s Wi-Fi locations nationwide. Wayport also
offers corporate plans, so consider bribing your IT manager if you travel a lot.
Like T-Mobile, Wayport uses your Web browser to authenticate you and collect
your billing information. You need to set your SSID to Wayport_Access
to get logged onto the access port.