FON Router now only £24.99 @ Fon Shop INC Del.
FON is the worlds largest WiFi community and the best way to get connected to the internet for free!
When you buy any Fonera (FONs line of revolutionary WiFi routers) and connect it to your existing broadband connection, you create a FON Spot (a secure WiFi access point) that allows you to share your WiFi connection with other FON members.
The Fonera 2.0 series allows you to do even more with your WiFi. You can upload videos to YouTube, and photos to Facebook, Picasa or Flickr and download torrents or files, directly to or from an external hard disk...even when your computer is off!
La Fonera+ is the 2-port edition of FON's cool WiFi router. It comes with an Internet port to connect to your existing broadband service, and an additional LAN port to connect a wired device to your network. La Fonera+ is easy to install, offers data transfer rates of up to 54Mbps, and works with all of your WiFi-ready devices (laptops, phones, MP3 players, etc.). You will become part of the BT FON community with free access to more than 500,000 hotspots in the UK and 700,000 hotspots in the world, and additionally you will receive 120 minutes of free access to BT Openzone's 3,000 premium hotspots.
This is a fantastic money saving and possibly earning device for anyone who uses BT OpenZone and Fon Hotspots in the UK, and the great thign is they are everywhere!!
please let me know if you vote cold why?
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Jump to unread Post a CommentCold from me I'm afraid, no matter how cheap it is.
thats cool how do you do that?
Cold from me I'm afraid, no matter how cheap it is.
After dealing with a lovely set of lawyers for two years after someone doing exactly this, I wish I could vote it colder.
Just disable the WiFi?
do you refuse to drink beer in protest of drunk drivers too?
Im going to church even if some priest are pedofile....
so...
la foneros is really good idea, but how people use it is different story...
for me hot
dont understand your point here. could you explain it more.
someone steals your broadband signal and downloads illegally fileshare or kiddy porn and you get the blame!
some one steals your car gets drunk, drives your car gets pulled over and you get the blame?
Nice Metaphor:thumbsup:
Yes is the long and short of it, works exactly the same as a normal Wifi but is pre set up so there is a public wifi section so you can share with anyone but also there is a private wifi aspect for your normal fully secured browsing needs.
To be honest FON needs to drop the price by another £15 before I would even vaguely consider the idea. Good concept, but awful price compared to buying a better alternative router. All you get out of it is free wifi access to other FON users who are few and far between and to be honest there are loads of other free hot spots you can use (mcdonalds etc).
Can't see any advantage to me, the purchaser, in buying and operating this. The legal issue is another thing altogether..
I'm sure ISP's just love this :-D
Just disable the WiFi?
Torrent download is only supported on the more expensive version - Fonera 2.0N (£79).
not voted.
the real benefit of these is by sharing your connection you also gain access to other wifi networks when you are out and about.
some will find a use some will not but seriously, these cold votes because of "imagined and bizarre" reasons are getting out of hand.
Some ISPs won't allow it so you'd need to check first.
A complete waste of time in my opinion.
...some will find a use some will not but seriously, these cold votes because of "imagined and bizarre" reasons are getting out of hand.
You go ahead and bury your head in the sand, and the rest of us can take proper precautions - including staying away from these 'open access' routers. Part of my job is responsible for wireless security and educating the public about the risks of unsecured and open access, and this is a real risk and is neither 'imagined' or 'bizarre' as you suggest.
Even a quick google search would prove that:
Pub fined £8000 for customer's illicit downloads - November 09, Guardian
Millions at risk from wifi online fraudsters - December 09, Times
And in terms of future legislation, you're likely to have your Internet connection removed too:
Net pirates to be disconnected - November 09, BBC
I know of people first-hand who have been fined for illegal downloads, which they categorically did not download themselves, but left themselves open through unsecured wifi. It would appear that even someone on this very thread has suffered a similar problem.
For these legitimate (not imaginary or bizarre) reasons, it's still a cold deal. In fact they could be giving these away for free, and it'd STILL be a cold deal.
Even a quick google search would prove that:
Pub fined £8000 for customer's illicit downloads - November 09, Guardian
Millions at risk from wifi online fraudsters - December 09, Times
And in terms of future legislation, you're likely to have your Internet connection removed too:
Net pirates to be disconnected - November 09, BBC
I know of people first-hand who have been fined for illegal downloads, which they categorically did not download themselves, but left themselves open through unsecured wifi. It would appear that even someone on this very thread has suffered a similar problem.
For these legitimate (not imaginary or bizarre) reasons, it's still a cold deal. In fact they could be giving these away for free, and it'd STILL be a cold deal.
as this is part of your profession you should be doubly ashamed at spreading unfounded nonsense. those links you posted are not relevent at all
the fon network is not "open" to all and carries network identification methods to track usage whatever/wherever the connection, how the hell do you think bt operate openzone?
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So You get paid for Bu11$h1tting. Hmmmm.
La fonera is a Very good idea. I had la fonera router three years ago when they were giving away it for free.
It is very good idea to have internet where ever you go..
The whole concept is great.
AND YOU DO LOG IN WITH YOUR LA FONERA PASSWRD AND LOGIN NAME WHILE USEING PUBLIC WIFI
Now you know you are spreading misinformation....:whistling:
Irrelevant - anything downloaded will be tracked against YOUR home IP address unless you are claiming that this device somehow creates a completely segregated ADSL connection to your ISP. The lawyers will come after you and it will be up to you to somehow prove that it was someone else who downloaded/uploaded the data - good luck with that.
- Simon.