Why SVUnwired requires to accept license agreement every few minutes?

[WiFiUser]

I use the WiFi and VPN. I keep loosing my VPN connection. Every
time, I loose it, I open new Firefox window on local machine, it will
automatically redirect from my home page to SVUnwired page and ask me
to accept license agreement. It can be as frequently as every 5 - 10
min. in some days. After I accept the agreement, I'll have to restart
my VPN connection again. And only be shut off again in a few minutes
to be forced to accept license agreement again.

Anyone has this type issue? Or poor reliability of SVUnwired WiFi?

[Joe Halbrook]

Hi,

Thanks for your interest in and usage of this community resource.

We know the pattern you describe below is an issue for the network.  (Do note that many people do not experience this issue, but enough do so we have been made aware if it.)  The crux of the matter is how the captive portal (the router which monitors and controls access to the network) determines if your connection is a new one or not.  (If it is new or it thinks you are new, then of course it sends you to the terms of service page.)

Obviously the captive portal gets confused at times.  :-/

We have been working on a replacement service which would have you log in (using a Google account), but then would remember your device for an entire week -- you would not have to login in again for that week.

We hope to have this new service rolled out in a couple of weeks.  Please keep tuned for an announcement about this.

Thanks again for using this service.

SVUnwired

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[Nick]

I realize this is an old post, but I've been seeing this issue over the past several days. The network has been working perfectly for me for over a year prior to this week, and I've encountered the terms of service page multiple times a day. I'm connecting to the Jacklin/Escuela access point.

Thanks for your help,

Nick

[Pros]

Yeah well, its been months. I doubt its here