I was just reading about the Boingo client; their FAQ seems to say it will connect to various sites and partners even if there is no Web login. Neat, if it works.

These companies seem to all be about numbers, including partner networks (FatPort says they partner with Boingo, UBC partners with FatPort but it's not transitive..) so I'm not sure without paying and trying it how many sites this thing will actually work at. $8 .. maybe I will ..

(my UBC account worked at White Spot restaurant in Squamish near here, somewhat
to my surprise - they advertise FatPort access and have a reciprocal agreement).

Google turned up iPass with "over 100,000 hotspot locations". Boingo says "100,000+ Hot Spots". Fatport says "4000+" but they "roam" with iPass and Boingo (US). Whatever that means.

Anyone know anything about iPass ? N8*0 compatible ?? http://ipass.jiwire.com/

BTW, the academic networks in Europe, Australia, Canada are joining
Eduroam http://www.eduroam.org/ so that your WPA2 academic login will work at most other universities. Cool.