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FON + T/W Cable = Public Hotspots |
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Written by samc
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Monday, 23 April 2007 |
 In the fall of 2006, Fon, which counts Google and eBay’s Skype among its investors, started selling and sometimes giving away its own branded wireless router, called La Fonera. Since then, it has distributed about 370,000 of them worldwide.
La Fonera splits a Wi-Fi connection in two: an encrypted channel for the Fonero and a public one for neighbors or passers-by. Foneros can decide how much of their bandwidth to share with the public and can log on to any Fon router without charge. “Aliens,” as Fon calls nonmembers, can register on a Web page and pay a modest $2 or $3 for 24 hours of access.
T-Mobile HotSpot access at Starbucks can cost $10 for a day. But the devil’s in the details. Most cable subscribers (and wireless users) may decide it’s not worth the extra hassle (or expense), especially if municipal wireless networks are available.
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