Pronto Networks (FAQ), developer of fee-based wireless “hot spots”, today announced that iPass Roaming service will be integrated into Pronto’s wireless LAN system for seamless roaming between public hot spots. Pronto also works with roaming software competitor, GRIC.
Pronto’s core infrastructure solution, the Hotspot Networking System, will be iPass-compliant. iPass would like to becoming the defacto industry standard for roaming. They “opened” their roaming software for broad adoption through the Pass-One alliance which uses their Generic Interface Specification (GIS). It will work with a variety of “smart” clients, logging subscribers into different wireless locations with one password and fee structure.
Pronto uses a small diskless box which plugs directly into a DSL line. Similar one-piece “hot spot” boxes are available from Boingo and FatPort.
“Free” community lans can also use Sputnick and NoCat. Because they’re “free”, roaming software and billing services are probably less important.
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