so SurfandSip has the coffee shop pay for the data line and the $500 license, then the shop gets the ad hoc revenue, and S&S gets the subscription revenue. Nice deal. Of course, the shop could make the ad pricing VERY competitive with subscription, but that gets self defeating, and they still don't OWN the sub.

Believe hereuare can accommodate RADIUS, but their principal auth protocol is different; however they have gotten the AP guys to build in their proprietary hooks...

hope the as-1000 was similar, as Avaya was spun out from Lucent....and having hooks to their own prop client SUCKS (what would one expect...it's a commercial product..duhh)

yes, a box that does:
> client-less AAA
> redirect web page for login, ad hoc and subscription transactions (preferably credit card); promotion for local network operator and others

(believe hereuare DOES do the above, for a fee)