Boingo adjusts prices: I just received email from Boingo, with which I have a pay-as-you-go (Boingo As You Go) plan. They are offering unlimited service for $21.95 per month for a full year, after which a new charge ($39.95 per month) applies.
Boingo is a Wi-Fi service aggregator which has over 1,300 hot spots from dozens of networks, including Wayport. They require special client software to access their partner networks, but the software includes add-ons, such as virtual private network protection and authenticated server-based outbound email service.
This restructuring eliminates Boingo's mid-range plan, which was $24.95 per month for 10 sessions (daylong or hotel-based) with additional sessions $4.95 each instead of the $7.95 pay-as-you-go price.
Boingo now has just As You Go ($7.95 per session, with an introductory package of $7.95 for two sessions to try it out), and Unlimited with the one-year phase in to $39.95, which is $10 less per month than it was just a few short days ago.
Because Boingo includes the entire Wayport network, this ups the ante against its competitors. AT&T's GoPort service, which runs Denver International Airport's Wi-Fi network, charges $69.99/month for unlimited access, which includes Wayport's service. But Wayport users can't use Denver's network under any plan but AT&T's.
Wayport itself now technically charges more for unlimited monthly access to its network than Boingo does to support Wayport and other networks: $29.95/month with one-year commitment, or $49.95 for month-to-month service. I expect that will change promptly.
Boingo is apparently showing its Mac OS X client, although I haven't seen it yet (nor been sworn to secrecy), and I have been hoping it would show up by mid-year.