personal VPN recommendations?

This may be old stuff to some people, but I've done a handful of
searches over the last couple of days and I just haven't found much.
Here's my question: I'm wanting to use a personal VPN at an apartment
building that has unsecured wifi, and I'm wanting any reviews,
comments, etc. from anyone who has purchased their own, or used a
freebie. I've so far downloaded iPig, (http://www.iopus.com/iPig)
which has worked fairly well, but I've also been looking at
"personalVPN" from WiTopia. iPig is limited to a 10 MB bandwidth on
their free service, or you can purchase (I believe) 30000 MB for $30.
I'm a bit confused about the bandwidth issue. I assume this means you
can download 10 MB worth of whatever, but is that total or for a
certain period of time? Or, for the $30, does that mean you're
limited to 30GB of download and then you must pay another $30? I
think there is an assumption with this jargon that I've missed.

Any recommendations or advice will be muchly appreciated.

Mark

Mark Rathgeber wrote:
> This may be old stuff to some people, but I've done a handful of
> searches over the last couple of days and I just haven't found much.
> Here's my question: I'm wanting to use a personal VPN at an apartment
> building that has unsecured wifi, and I'm wanting any reviews,
> comments, etc. from anyone who has purchased their own, or used a
> freebie. I've so far downloaded iPig, (http://www.iopus.com/iPig)
> which has worked fairly well, but I've also been looking at
> "personalVPN" from WiTopia. iPig is limited to a 10 MB bandwidth on
> their free service, or you can purchase (I believe) 30000 MB for $30.
> I'm a bit confused about the bandwidth issue. I assume this means you
> can download 10 MB worth of whatever, but is that total or for a
> certain period of time? Or, for the $30, does that mean you're
> limited to 30GB of download and then you must pay another $30? I
> think there is an assumption with this jargon that I've missed.

I use Witopia. At $40/year, it worked very well for me and has no
download limit.

Larry

>
> The first 10MBytes of traffic is free. *Anything over that, you pay.
>
This still doesn't quite answer my question. 10MB per what unit of
time? 10 MB total, per second, minute? There's an assumption with
this lingo that I have apparently missed.

If it is 10 MB total, I would think you would use this up pretty
quickly, and if it's 30 GB for $30, I would think you would go through
those increments quickly also, although I really don't know.

MR

>
> My guess(tm) is that it's per year. *The English on the web pile is
> vague and lacking in detail. *The clue is that if you click on the
> "purchase" link on the iPig page at:
> <http://www.iopus.com/iPig/download/>
> it says:
> * *"Add 30000 MB of bandwidth to your iPig account. For most
> * *users, 30000 MB of bandwidth will last for a whole year of
> * *using the iPig public server. Unused bandwidth expires
> * *one year after purchase. Secure your wireless connections
> * *now with iPig!"
> So, you get 10MBytes free for testing, and have to wait a year before
> you can do it again. *Like the page says, it's only a "test" account
> to see how it works.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann * * je...@cruzio.com
> 150 Felker St #D * *http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann * * AE6KS * *831-336-2558

Well, now, THAT makes sense. I guess I'm becoming an old f*rt. Ever
since college physics class, ( a LONG time ago), I'm at times
obsessive about units, or the lack thereof, and I've always been a bit
puzzled anytime a number is attached to "bandwidth," which itself
puzzles me, because when I think of bandwidth, I think of the
shortwave radio spectrum. How's that for a tangent? Anyway, I didn't
read every bit of their fine print, and this clears up this issue, at
least. Many thanks, and have a good Sunday.

Mark