Wireless Router £18.36 delivered *conditions* (merged)

Derek_Duval

rdwarr wrote:

See NickC's post above. You are probably not allowed to do this.

Many Broadband users have an allowance of xGB per month. Even "unlimited" deals are often subject to an "acceptable use" policy. Imagine if you suddenly had loads of new users downloading movies over your connection :eek:

Whoops, sorry missed that!

coolio_2

And what happens when someone downloads using your connection 24/7? Especially if its kiddy !!!!!!

Derek_Duval

coolio wrote:

And what happens when someone downloads using your connection 24/7? Especially if its kiddy !!!!!!

I did read somewhere you're responsable for what is downloaded from your connection, unless you can proof otherwise, that's why securing your network is so important.

Be careful andreboyle!

This idea doesn't seem so great now.

Wayne3765

coolio wrote:

Especially if its kiddy !!!!!!

That's was my first thought about it , the first door that will be kicked down by the police if anything illegal has been downloaded will be the door of the router owner.

coolio_2

or goat !!!!!!, they take that quite seriously too these days

gjchester

coolio wrote:

And what happens when someone downloads using your connection 24/7? Especially if its kiddy !!!!!!

You have to be registered with FON to use the service, and either have been sent a router / downloaded and installed software to be a linus or a bill, or register and pay to be an alien and log on.

It's not as if it's free wireless to anyone, it's only free if you share your connection, otherwise you have to pay, and there will be a trail.

cebolla

andreboyle wrote:

If you live anywhere near me, and no I'm not going to say where, then you can use my internet access which I keep wide open for all to enjoy. I figure I use my bandiwdth sparingly at the moment and I don't mind passers by having a pop for free.

I've setup a DMZ (Which is a secured network) which people joinj with the wireless access, this stops them seeing my home PCs and servers and getting access to my data. If they abuse it I will stop the free access.

It's nice to be nice sometimes, one of my neighbours has had access to my network for the past year or there abouts and it's worked fine.

Before anyone says, I'm on an unlimited package which allows me to run my own servers and share the connection to whomever the heck I feel so long as I'm not charging for access.

Do you use encryption for the data? I only ask as it would seem that unencrypted data can be watched by any hacker with the right software and hardware. I've often wondered if open access can bes secure!

shamiel

This router offer is designed to overcome obstacles to helping consumers quickly set up hotspots using Fon software.

In exchange for receiving a router, users must agree to share their wireless connections with other Fon users for 12 months

For company website go to:

http://en.fon.com/


For article on BBC go to:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5116960.stm

Article:

A Spanish firm is to sell subsidised routers as part of a plan to turn domestic wi-fi networks into public hotspots.
Fon will sell wi-fi routers, which allow people to surf the net wirelessly, for $5 (£2.75).

The company, which has financial backing from Google and Skype, aims to create public wi-fi networks street by street across the US and Europe.

"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.

'Social movement'

The company is hoping to create a "social movement" as well as a business.


We are just piggy-backing on the back of existing wi-fi connections

Juergen Urbanski
The router offer is designed to overcome obstacles to helping consumers quickly set up hotspots using Fon software.

In exchange for receiving a router, users must agree to share their wireless connections with other Fon users for 12 months, the company said.

Users register their router with Fon via a PC which then lets other people access their wi-fi network safely - if they can pick up the signals from outside their homes.

'Changing economics'

"We are changing the economics of wi-fi," Mr Urbanski said during a conference in San Francisco. "We are just piggy-backing on the back of existing wi-fi connections."

But Fon faces challenges - from technical limitations to legal obstacles.

Current wi-fi networks have a limited operating range and Fon will need an army of "foneros" if the public hotspots they are advocating take off.

They will also face a challenge from firms planning to offer free, ubiquitous wi-fi in cities such as San Francisco.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and broadband carriers are also unwilling to allow a user's private broadband connection to be used publicly.

Mr Urbanski said Fon was seeking to win over carriers who lease the underlying internet connections by arguing its strategy could expand the market for wi-fi by giving customers a way to roam away from home, making them more loyal subscribers at home.

"The reality is that we are all talking with... many of the large ISPs in the United States."

haymishpupkin2

Will this work with a telewest cable modem?

Thanks

Chris123_2

Dont think this is available in the UK yet, just launched in Spain and the USA.

I would be very worried about allowing any Tom, !!!!!! or Harry to use my internet connection. They could be viewing/downloading god knows what content on the internet and it will all be registered against my account.

I have a wireless router and have loads of security on it to prevent others from using it, I'm not about to remove all that security for anybody!