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this sounds like a pretty viable business idea, actually. in the past, i've looked for a simple VPN service provider to help secure non-techie friends' laptop work at a starbucks or whatever. couldn't find anything decent. seems like people might be willing to pay some $ for this if it were turned into something commercialized.

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There's a decent list of VPN service providers here: http://www.thesparklabs.com/support/vpn_service_providers/

SparkLabs also has a sweet/simple OpenVPN client for OS X that I use and will be coming out with a server sometime in the near future that should make setup a lot easier.

AlwaysVPN is what I use.

Looking at the cost, the EC2 setup is a lot cheaper.

Depends on usage. I bought $5 or $10 worth of GB traffic few years ago and I have most of it still left to be used. Even just 1gb is plenty for the occasional browsing at starbucks or at the airport.

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