Wifi for all
Posted: Wed 28 June, 2006 Filed under: Geeky, Getting Organised, Thoughts 1 Comment »Now this is a brilliant idea.
Sell wireless routers for $5 in return for a 12 month agreement from the user to keep the router open to access by other users of the same phone network. (Non-FON users can get a 24-hour pass for €3) That way (they hope) you can build a decent wireless “hotspot” network, street by street, user by user.
“Wi-fi is universal in cities, but access isn’t,” said Juergen Urbanski.
Mr Urbanski said Fon was aiming to have 50,000 working hotspots worldwide by September, 150,000 by year-end and one million hotspots by the end of 2007.
To date, 54,000 people worldwide have signed up to become “foneros,” up from 3,000 in February, according to the company.
Brilliance.
My concern is the confidentiality thing. If I open up my wireless network to all and sundry, they can access my confidential information. I’ve been told.
Both of my siblings-in-law have tried to set up domestic wifi networks, and have enlisted their various contacts to help, and everybody – sibs-in-law and contacts – have been confounded by the lack of a static ISP address.