BT with Fon

Suzy_Jay

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 with o2 network.....I normally connect up to my home WIFI....Virgin Media. I am NOT a BT customer...but I am able to connect to BT wifi with fon without paying! Has anyone else come across this?

pappa_golf

Suzy_Jay wrote: »

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 with o2 network.....I normally connect up to my home WIFI....Virgin Media. I am NOT a BT customer...but I am able to connect to BT wifi with fon without paying! Has anyone else come across this?

why do you expect to be able to get BT wifi (using their fon outlets) for free?


either become a fon member (buy and setup a fon outlet) or pay BT


I am a fon member as I have a fon unit plugged into my router , providing a fon signal to passing people , and in return I can use my fon password to access other BT/FON outlets for FREE

Oblivion

pappa_golf wrote: »

why do you expect to be able to get BT wifi (using their fon outlets) for free?

Perhaps you should read what the OP said ... she said she IS getting BT Fon for free despite not being a BT customer.

pappa_golf

Oblivion wrote: »

Perhaps you should read what the OP said ... she said she IS getting BT Fon for free despite not being a BT customer.

"but I am able to connect to BT wifi with fon without paying! Has anyone else come across this? "




anyone can connect to a BT/FON wifi point , HOWEVER you have to enter


1: BT loggin details
2: fonera details


or
c: pay by the hour or day




I did read the post , I also looked back at " BT wifi with fon " and read that to be BT hosted by fon , as in a FON hotspot , exactly like I am creating


so yes the OP can get fon , but will not get past the start page until a: or b: or c: takes place

Suzy_Jay

The whole point is that I can get it without signing up or paying! Lol....I was asking if anyone else has come across this!

pappa_golf

good for you , can you get past the homepage and view sites etc?

kwikbreaks

What is the exact SSID that you see? Anybody can connect to a Fon AP. You should only get as far as the landing page where you will need to login though.

If you are getting full internet access through an AP with a FON name and without logging in I'd be concerned that it is a fake hotspot harvesting passwords.

If you can get full access with no login is that just through the one hotspot or all of them?

Bollotom

Don't BT have a scheme with other providers where you give over a sliver of your router and in return get BT Wifi? I'm sure I read it somewhere. :cool:

pappa_golf

Bollotom wrote: »

Don't BT have a scheme with other providers where you give over a sliver of your router and in return get BT Wifi? I'm sure I read it somewhere. :cool:

yes as mentioned in my first post , you set up a "fonera" unit , this creates a hotspot around your house for other BT users to use , in return you are given a user name and password that allows you to use any BT/fon in the UK .


the OP says she is getting "free" BT/fon , so I cannot add anything more