[CWN-Summit] Experience being a Fonero?

[David Young]

On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:58:25PM -0500, Ben West wrote:
> Could anyone share their thoughts on FON?

FON's business model seems fragile to me.  If Cisco/Linksys put "universal
hotspot" software on its routers, and other Linksys router owners were
available for you to use if you activated your own hotspot, what value
could FON add that people would pay for?

I see no reason the "universal hotspot" software could not be something
free that runs on a PC or a "hackable" AP.

What is keeping SBC, err, AT&T from turning its customers' 2Wire routers
into a universal roaming service by remote-controlling them over DSL?
(I was pretty sure that was what SBC was up to back in 2004.  They really
disappointed me!)

Dave

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