I am considering signing up for ipass for a month long trip in May to Europe. Ipass seems to have the most affilations with the hotels I will be staying in (versus boingo). In reading this thread it appears some of you have signed up through a reseller. What is the benefit of signing up for ipass through a reseller rather than directly through ipass.com?

Some ISPs offer Ipass as part of a package - in my case signing up through my ISP worked out cheaper as all I pay are the usage charges (i.e., no monthly fee and no sign-up fee).

I think the ipass business model is changing. In the past, if one clicked on links at ipass.com for individual users, one was referred to resellers in your geography. I could never find a way to buy directly from ipass, as an individual.

I see today at ipass.com, I'm referred to a flat fee monthly plan direct from ipass. I've had two ipass reseller plans since 2002, and have never noticed a flat fee monthly plan until now. For my intermittent use an hourly plan may be better, but it's a changing world.

I've had iPass for close to 5 yrs now. In the days when I subscribed, could only go through a re-seller (Virginia location) - had to pay a $25 activation fee and minimum monthly $2.40 charge.

In the 5 yrs, have used it about half a dozen times with dial up modem when nothing else was available. For instance, in the woods of Vermont :)

It has always worked in my emergency situations, which is why I still keep it.

Btw, I am a mac user and re-seller advised me the mac dialer they have is not as extensive as for pc users. Apparently the 'normal pc dialer' has a more extensive network of sites, whether they are wire, wireless or even dial-up. Every 6 months or so I update the dialer but don't see a major difference in past few years. Back then, mac dialer had about 10 countries, now more in Asia (which is where I travel).....