Comments on: FON sounds great, but will it work? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jonathan at Alepo http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Jonathan at Alepo Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:54:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/#comment-319 I would imagine they will do something more on the lines <a href="http://www.2hotspot.com" rel="nofollow">2hotspot.com</a>. A downloadable software that runs on Windows just like Skype. But Fon runs only on Linksys routers that are no longer manufactured. They need a quite a large Linksys user base to this working... I would imagine they will do something more on the lines 2hotspot.com. A downloadable software that runs on Windows just like Skype. But Fon runs only on Linksys routers that are no longer manufactured.
They need a quite a large Linksys user base to this working…

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Mathew Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:42:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/#comment-317 On the other hand, if I had as much money as the Skype guys and that guy from Index Partners, I might figure blowing $12-million or so was chump change :-) On the other hand, if I had as much money as the Skype guys and that guy from Index Partners, I might figure blowing $12-million or so was chump change :-)

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Mark Evans Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/#comment-316 mathew, i share your skepticism. VC gone mad again... mathew,
i share your skepticism. VC gone mad again…

]]> By: Tom Raftery's I.T. views http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Tom Raftery's I.T. views Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:07:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/#comment-315 <strong>Any questions for Martin Varsavsky?</strong> Martin Varsavsky is the founder and CEO of FON (as well as being the founder of highly successful companies such as Viatel, Jazztel and Ya.com). FON is a community of people who share WiFi. If you sign up with FON you share your WiFi broadband access ... Any questions for Martin Varsavsky?

Martin Varsavsky is the founder and CEO of FON (as well as being the founder of highly successful companies such as Viatel, Jazztel and Ya.com). FON is a community of people who share WiFi. If you sign up with FON you share your WiFi broadband access …

]]> By: robhyndman.com http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-314 robhyndman.com Mon, 06 Feb 2006 03:57:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/05/fon-sounds-great-but-will-it-work/#comment-314 [...] I hope I’m wrong about the ISP reaction - plans like FON and groups like Wireless Toronto are to my mind fantastic tools for quickly and efficiently deploying the ubiquitous wireless broadband we ought to be enjoying right now. Update: FON’s founder, Martin Varsavsky, is quoted by the AP on the ISP issue to the effect that someone who wants to share their bandwidth using FON needs Internet service to be a member. “So in fact, FON is an incentive to become a customer of an ISP,â€? he’s quoted as saying. Well, having access to bandwidth is an incentive to having an ISP account. Since one can share with many, FON is an incentive for at least (and at most?) one member of a group to have an ISP account. How that works out in numbers is the issue. Update: Mathew Ingram notes the security concerns that some observers have and FON’s answer. I’m willing to bet that Steve Gibson will take a close look in an upcoming episode of the Security Now! podcast (even though he’s just finished a multi-episode series on wireless security) - stay tuned. Related Posts [...] [...] I hope I’m wrong about the ISP reaction – plans like FON and groups like Wireless Toronto are to my mind fantastic tools for quickly and efficiently deploying the ubiquitous wireless broadband we ought to be enjoying right now. Update: FON’s founder, Martin Varsavsky, is quoted by the AP on the ISP issue to the effect that someone who wants to share their bandwidth using FON needs Internet service to be a member. “So in fact, FON is an incentive to become a customer of an ISP,â€? he’s quoted as saying. Well, having access to bandwidth is an incentive to having an ISP account. Since one can share with many, FON is an incentive for at least (and at most?) one member of a group to have an ISP account. How that works out in numbers is the issue. Update: Mathew Ingram notes the security concerns that some observers have and FON’s answer. I’m willing to bet that Steve Gibson will take a close look in an upcoming episode of the Security Now! podcast (even though he’s just finished a multi-episode series on wireless security) – stay tuned. Related Posts [...]

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