gHacks technology news » fon http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Fon lets you download without your computer http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/24/fon-lets-you-download-without-your-computer/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/24/fon-lets-you-download-without-your-computer/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:14:29 +0000 Daniel Pataki http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/24/fon-lets-you-download-without-your-computer/ fonI don’t know if you guys know about the Fon router, I have personally used one for ages. It is a community based project, the thinking is that a lot of people buy fon routers, and with the router you get a passcode. If you’re anywhere in the world and you find a Fon router, you can use that password to use it for free. People without Fon passwords can also use your Fon router for a small fee, so you can also earn from buying one.

Now, the Fon 2.0 router is out, which allows you to download to a pendrive, external hard drive, upload to Youtube, all that fun stuff, but without having your PC or laptop turned on! Just set up a Youtube upload, add some torrent files, switch off your laptop, and the download/upload goes on. There are tons of cool apps built into the firmware, as the screencast about it says, it’s like a mini linux in there.

The price is EUR 50, which is roughly $65 now. Compared to the price of the old Fon this is pricey, but not compared to other top of the line routers which can’t do half as much. I purchased three routers pooling with my friends for about $10 each, and I have been using it since, it really is a great pieve of hardware, so I can’t wait to get my hands on the new one. Even if you don’t need these functions check it out, you will be helping out a great cause. I don’t travel as much, but one of my friends spends all his time doing so and he finds Fon routers everywhere in the World!

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/24/fon-lets-you-download-without-your-computer/feed/ 2 Share your WiFi and earn with Fon http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/24/share-your-wifi-and-earn-with-fon/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/24/share-your-wifi-and-earn-with-fon/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:12:58 +0000 Joe http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10740 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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