arstechnica.com — ISPs aren't known for encouraging users to share bandwidth, but that's exactly what BT wants UK customers to do. The Spanish WiFi specialist FON offers routers that enable people to "securely" share their high-speed connections with strangers; in return, the sharers get access to any other FON access point in the world. Now, the model is coming to
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asformeOct 7, 2007
You would get sentenced to life by a jury who has never heard of the internet and was paid off by the FBI along with an expert that says he can prove you did not have a router.By the way: I HATE DIGG's COMMENTING SYSTEM!!! Every time I tried to reply to your comment it says that my session has expired. WTF?
dukeochutneyOct 7, 2007
so hack the router..get rid of this 'separation of connections'...access file shares. FON obviously hasn't really thought the security side of this stuff. unless it is physically built into the router on the hardware someone will hack it and then your f**ked.
jon26lOct 7, 2007
I don't see the point of this as BT ship all their APs with only WEP enabled....
Closed AccountOct 7, 2007
This same concept was started by a company in my city over the past year, and it seems to work well. They've also added additional things to try and gain karma points, such as signing up a low-income family for free for every ten paying customers. It works pretty well, and you can find a wireless signal most places in my city.
nicksimmsOct 8, 2007
Its interesting that people from the uk say there lines are slow.As a fellow uk net user i get 22mbit for £24:99 on a BT line from UKOnline you can also get 16mbit from SKY and 8mbit from almost every major isp so you getting 2mbit should be solved by changing your isp
mrinternetOct 8, 2007
Geez, I had to comment here, being one of the folks that introduced business internet over at BT. This is all about quid quo pros. Offer an easier way to offer more coverage and at the same time benefit users, subscribed and non-subscibed as a revenue model. The problem with being an ISP (for all you dim wits) is it is not very profitable. BT's profits are not due to their ISPs side of things check it out on the internets. So this model is profitable more profitable (well f'ing done) The same model is hitting Europe, and the US. If you don't like BT.. upgrade your service , or ask you mom and change. I think the domain name is bt.com not bt.org, so yes a profit is good, you sniveling little s**ts...( joke...maybe) ..