Any Foneros out there?

kwikbreaks

I guess we'll find out when they arrive. Not sure if you can just register it against an existing account or you have to set up a new one. Problem with existing accounts is they seem to just redirect to the duff BT page. I don't care about the old credit as I'm never likely to use it anyway and may just register a brand new account.

Richard_T_

The instructions/quick start form the Fonera+ show this ( in brief)

1: check you have all the bits ( la fonera/mains adapter cables etc )

2: plug it into the router and into the mains

3: Connect to the router via wifi by connecting to the My Place wifi signal, using the ssid/password shown on the base of the router

4: join the BT Fon Comunity: go to http://joinbtfon..fon.com
click on the register button to register the la fonera+

log on with your fon username and password, or if your not registered do so here
once logged in, or registered specify the location of your La Fonera+ in the form displayed

bod1467

semizeu33 wrote: »

unable to log in

Do we have a serial spammer in the making? There are several posts by this person on this board today, and none of the posts suggest anything new nor are they more than 10 words.

kwikbreaks

Strange id.
Low post count.
Nonsensical post.
I thik you are correct so I'll mark some as :spam:

and all posted in a very short timescale - definitely a post building spambot

bod1467

Looks like enough people have done likewise.

kwikbreaks

I reported one instead although the board mods are very slow to act so it may have been spammed out before they look.

It seems to repeat a small part of an earlier post. It's either very clever code picking out bits that make at least some sort of sense or a very unimaginative human.

One of the spams actually got a thanks and another was quoted and replied to

bod1467

kwikbreaks wrote: »

and another was quoted and replied to

Well that might actually be MY post #34 above.

kwikbreaks

No. It had repeated a bit of an earlier post and that got the thanks. It may have been that one that was quoted and agreed with or it may have been another one - I'm guessing (hoping?) they've all gone by now.

Gloomendoom

kwikbreaks wrote: »

I guess we'll find out when they arrive. Not sure if you can just register it against an existing account or you have to set up a new one. Problem with existing accounts is they seem to just redirect to the duff BT page. I don't care about the old credit as I'm never likely to use it anyway and may just register a brand new account.

I just received discount code. I may hold off ordering until I know if they actually work.

My Fon account is still allowing me to access to BTFon hotspots. The car broke down this morning in the middle of nowhere. I couldn't get a phone signal but managed to find and log in to a BTFon wifi signal using a high gain adapter.

Richard_T_

It looks like a slight error on my part in that link, it should read as http://joinbtfon.fon.com

As for my old account it still appears to be allowing me to log on to other fon spots/bt fon/ etc although I vaguely remember reading that the account is only downgraded once a month has passed since Fon last detected the foneras heartbeat.
The only reason I realised there was a problem was when I tried to log into my Fon account here https://corp.fon.com/en/login which incidentally is still down

With Three about to pull the plug on tethering i can see Fon being of more use, coupled with a high gain wifi antenna