Share your WiFi and earn with Fon

FON is a company, which offers wireless access. Unlike many commercial providers, like T-Mobile, it adopts a more social tone.

FON allows people to buy a wireless router from them for €30. They then share their WiFi with other Fon users and gain access to other Fon users’ connections.

Whilst many FON users are in residential areas, a few exist in public and commercial ones; there are dozens in Central London. This may rise as BT now integrates FON in their ‘Home Hub’ routers. Neuf Cegetel made a similar move.

They run a scheme which allows their users to profit. They can charge non-FON users a nominal fee to use their WiFi, so it could be extremely profitable in a central location!

La Fonera, the name of their router, transmits two SSIDs. One is encrypted, for your own private use, and one is open, for others to connect to.

If you’re interested, leave a comment to that effect and I can send you a promocode to get a €10 discount on the router.

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Author: Joe, Tuesday February 24, 2009 -
Tags:fon, hotspot, networking, routers, wifi, wifi hotspot, wireless, wireless internet, wireless routers

Responses so far:

1. Mario Filipe says:

   February 25, 2009 at 6:53 am

   I’m curious about this service, any idea if it would work in Portugal.

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2. Joe Anderson says:

   February 25, 2009 at 9:52 am

   Mario: It should :)

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3. dip says:

   February 25, 2009 at 10:33 am

   I’m very interested, since some of my neighbours are already running a fonera, but their bandwidth is close to 56k modems. Can you send me the promo-code please?

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4. Paco Martin says:

   February 25, 2009 at 11:38 am

   Mario -> of course, http://www.fon.com you can look up in the map of the fon in Portugal

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5. Bernard says:

   February 25, 2009 at 12:16 pm

   Hi,

   I’m interested, can you send me one code ? Thanks

   Reply
6. Openmc says:

   February 25, 2009 at 1:03 pm

   Hi everyone,
   Tried to do with my own connection (other regular company), but the problem is how the bandwidth will be distributed in a contemporary use. What seems to happen on low budget routers is that if you have someone play online games (like WoW) the others won’t be able to even check emails.
   Wonder if the provider gives you multiple IPs…

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7. Leonardo Mangiaracina says:

   February 25, 2009 at 2:42 pm

   I think it’l a great idea.

   Reply
8. nomorefonero says:

   February 25, 2009 at 11:18 pm

   FON sucks! No chance any longer! FON is dieing!

   Reply
9. Lorenzo says:

   February 26, 2009 at 9:48 am

   I’m interested. Can I have a promo code?

   Thank you.

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10. Dan says:

    February 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    Please send me the promo…

    Reply
11. Joe says:

    March 4, 2009 at 1:14 am

    Contacted everyone with an interest. Anyone else email me at computerjoe (at) gmail.com .

    Reply
12. Bradley says:

    September 7, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Hi, Please can you send me a discount code for UK
    Thanks

    Reply