05 October 2007

BT Learns It's Fun to Share with Fon

Interesting:

BT and FON have joined forces to create a Wi-Fi community that allows its members to connect for free in thousands of places around the UK and the world.

Two things strike me: that BT has effectively sanctioned the use of its data network for Fon connections - and hence validated the whole Fon idea; and that the (revolutionary) idea that everyone gains if everyone shares is being promoted by one of the largest and most traditional companies in the UK. We're making progress.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:35 am

    What annoyed me about this announcement was that we set-up an ISP two years ago (fondoo.net) here in the UK with explicit Ts & Cs that allow you to do FON over your broadband.

    We tried many times to get a sensible dialogue going with Fon but they dis'ed us completely.

    Guess we just weren't "big enough".

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  2. I sympathise, but it's not hard to see why they might have made the effort for BT...

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