Comments on: FON http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: robhyndman.com http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 robhyndman.com Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:51:43 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/#comment-1054 [...] FON, the wifi sharing service I blogged a few months ago, has been funded to the tune of US$22M. For now, FON is Europe and US only, but will it come to Canada? I think it’s a marvellous idea, but as I said when I originally blogged it, bandwidth sharing “is expressly prohibited by the TOS of the Canadian consumer broadband ISP’s. The reaction of ISPs to this phenom will be … interesting.” [...] [...] FON, the wifi sharing service I blogged a few months ago, has been funded to the tune of US$22M. For now, FON is Europe and US only, but will it come to Canada? I think it’s a marvellous idea, but as I said when I originally blogged it, bandwidth sharing “is expressly prohibited by the TOS of the Canadian consumer broadband ISP’s. The reaction of ISPs to this phenom will be … interesting.” [...]

]]> By: mathewingram.com/work http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/comment-page-1/#comment-734 mathewingram.com/work Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:23:40 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/#comment-734 <strong>FON — share your wireless...</strong> The idea behind FON (which I heard about via gigaom.com) is a simple — and fairly seductive — one: Get as many people as possible to open up their Wi-Fi networks and share their bandwidth, and thereby create oceans of wireless hotspots for... FON — share your wireless…

The idea behind FON (which I heard about via gigaom.com) is a simple — and fairly seductive — one: Get as many people as possible to open up their Wi-Fi networks and share their bandwidth, and thereby create oceans of wireless hotspots for…

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Mathew Ingram Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:42:28 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/#comment-733 I guess that's the big hurdle, apart from the "everyone wanting to be a Linus" problem mentioned by Techdirt. Just about every TOS for every ISP out there (except for Speakeasy) prevents you from doing what FON wants to do. I guess that’s the big hurdle, apart from the “everyone wanting to be a Linus” problem mentioned by Techdirt. Just about every TOS for every ISP out there (except for Speakeasy) prevents you from doing what FON wants to do.

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Rob Hyndman Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:14:31 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/#comment-732 Thanks, Mathew. I saw Om's post but not techdirt's. Ouch. I do agree that for now there is no business in this. But I bet someone is going to figure out centralized security, and then I think it's an even bet that there could be enough coverage - especially if we see a MIMO router with OS firmware - to make this credible as geek nirvana. Until the telcos get onto it :) Thanks, Mathew.

I saw Om’s post but not techdirt’s. Ouch.

I do agree that for now there is no business in this. But I bet someone is going to figure out centralized security, and then I think it’s an even bet that there could be enough coverage – especially if we see a MIMO router with OS firmware – to make this credible as geek nirvana.

Until the telcos get onto it :)

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Mathew Ingram Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:58:36 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/06/fon/#comment-731 Rob: I think FON is a great idea, but I have to say I'm skeptical. And I'm not the only one -- I don't know if you saw it, but Om Malik posted something on FON the other day (it's <a href="http://gigaom.com/2005/12/04/foning-a-wifi-revolution">here</a>) and there are a couple of comments on his piece that are worth reading (which he flags at the top of the piece) including one from Glenn Fleishman of wifinetnews.com. Mathew Rob:

I think FON is a great idea, but I have to say I’m skeptical. And I’m not the only one — I don’t know if you saw it, but Om Malik posted something on FON the other day (it’s here) and there are a couple of comments on his piece that are worth reading (which he flags at the top of the piece) including one from Glenn Fleishman of wifinetnews.com.

Mathew

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