Posted: 03rd Jul, 2007 By: MarkJ
The Cloud has done it, Boingo did it last week (
here) and now Trustive has become the latest broadband wireless
Wi-Fi Hotspot operator to launch a flat-rate "
unlimited" access package:
Trustive, Europe's leading wireless hotspot access provider, today launched '
all you can eat' pricing for its customers. The '
Unlimited' offering will deliver mobile professionals and SMEs flat-rate
Wi-Fi access to its worldwide network. This covers most major European airports and many other prime locations and includes over 30,000 hotspots, of which 23,000 hotspots are already available, with the remainder becoming accessible within 60 days.
For a monthly fee of 33 Euros Trustive Unlimited enables individual subscribers to use any of the company's affiliated hotspots for as long as they want with no additional roaming charges or per-minute fees. Users
also have the flexibility to cancel their subscription by giving only one month's notice. Trustive Unlimited Business provides SMEs with unlimited usage for a flat-rate monthly fee of 150 Euros per month split across five
easy-to-manage accounts. These can be shared between a company's entire mobile workforce as required. An online management tool enables quick and simple administration of the service and allows the company to easily monitor usage.
Trustive also continues to offer Trustive Pre-paid for a one-off fee of 25 Euros for the occasional hotspot user or those who do not want to sign up to a subscription service. These accounts are valid for 12 months and the
service is utilised on a pay-per-second basis.
http://www.trustive.comSo what's the catch? Well apparently theres a Fair Usage Policy, although we couldn't find it and the general terms do state against using the service for "
high volume data transfers".