Fon lets Wi-Fi users make money

Madrid-based Internet wireless community provider Fon is allowing its members to make money by opening up their hot spots to others. FON is set to announce on Monday that members, dubbed "foneros," will be charged $3 for a one-day pass, or $10 for a package of five one-day passes for accessing the Fon Wi-Fi network.

The owner of the home Wi-Fi access point that's used will receive half of the net revenue, excluding value-added tax and fees. The payment can be made via PayPal. Foneros can also choose to offer access to their Wi-Fi hot spots in exchange for using any Fon hot spot for free. In addition, Fon is selling its Wi-Fi "social router" for $5. Fon also is offering a Fon downloader device that will allow users to connect iPods and MP3 players or external hard drives to their Fon network.

[Maccess]

Looking at fon

I've been looking at fon (I have several bandwidth locations), and wondering about this problem:

In an area with coverage from both a Bill and a Linus, how is the connection decided? who ets credit? Is it a system determined choice or is it up to the Alien? Can he tell which spot is a Bill and which is a Linus?

[praetorian909]

Re: Looking at fon

From what I can tell, as long as you pay $5 for the router and have it on to share your internet connection, you will be able to access anyone else's fon connection for free. So it doesn't really matter who's connection your specifically using. And I would think if you happen to be close to two or more fon routers, you'd just pick which one to connect to (just like when your wireless card picks up more than one router).

Take a look at their page:
http://en.fon.com/shop-us/product_info.php?products_id=28

[praetorian909]

Re: Looking at fon (2)

Whoops, sorry I didn't really see all about the money-making option. So I think how it would work is that you get credit if a user happens to pick your router (for example because of better/closer signal or faster bandwidth). And I haven't checked but I would guess that the router might be named with your fon username.

Though sharing your internet connection like this really seems something that would against most ISP's terms of service, especially since you'd be making money from it.

[praetorian909]

Re: Looking at fon (2)

Whoops, sorry I didn't really see all about the money-making option. So I think how it would work is that you get credit if a user happens to pick your router (for example because of better/closer signal or faster bandwidth). And I haven't checked but I would guess that the router might be named with your fon username.

Though sharing your internet connection like this really seems something that would be against most ISP's terms of service, especially since you'd be making money from it.

[Maccess]

Looking at fon

I've been looking at fon (I have several bandwidth locations), and wondering about this problem:

In an area with coverage from both a Bill and a Linus, how is the connection decided? who ets credit? Is it a system determined choice or is it up to the Alien? Can he tell which spot is a Bill and which is a Linus?

[praetorian909]

Re: Looking at fon

From what I can tell, as long as you pay $5 for the router and have it on to share your internet connection, you will be able to access anyone else's fon connection for free. So it doesn't really matter who's connection your specifically using. And I would think if you happen to be close to two or more fon routers, you'd just pick which one to connect to (just like when your wireless card picks up more than one router).

Take a look at their page:
http://en.fon.com/shop-us/product_info.php?products_id=28

[praetorian909]

Re: Looking at fon (2)

Whoops, sorry I didn't really see all about the money-making option. So I think how it would work is that you get credit if a user happens to pick your router (for example because of better/closer signal or faster bandwidth). And I haven't checked but I would guess that the router might be named with your fon username.

Though sharing your internet connection like this really seems something that would against most ISP's terms of service, especially since you'd be making money from it.

[praetorian909]

Re: Looking at fon (2)

Whoops, sorry I didn't really see all about the money-making option. So I think how it would work is that you get credit if a user happens to pick your router (for example because of better/closer signal or faster bandwidth). And I haven't checked but I would guess that the router might be named with your fon username.

Though sharing your internet connection like this really seems something that would be against most ISP's terms of service, especially since you'd be making money from it.

[derrick_madrid]

Is this news?

All these details on how Fon works have been known for months...

Has anything changed, or is just Fon trying to re-draw attention to itself? (Or maybe it is a slow news day... ;-)

[derrick_madrid]

Is this news?

All these details on how Fon works have been known for months...

Has anything changed, or is just Fon trying to re-draw attention to itself? (Or maybe it is a slow news day... ;-)