BT and FON to offer free wireless WiFi nationwide

[Booyakasha]

BT and FON have joined forces to create a Wi-Fi community that allows its members to connect for free in thousands of places around the UK and the world.


Any BT Internet/Broadband customer can join for free and those with Home Hubs can also be set up a HotSpot for other customers.


Anyone doing this seems to get:


- free access to other BT customers WiFi hotspots

- free access to BT Openzone hotspots

- free access to any FON Hotspot anywhere in the world.


Note: that is someone else uses your connection as a hotspot, it doesn't come out of your own usage allowance and contains security so they are 100% separated from your own home network


Anyone opting in will be sent a firmware upgrade to their Home Hub (if they have one) from Monday


More details including FAQs and a forum at http://www.btfon.com/

[Freddy]

I've been using 'free' access for years now.

[liveseytowers]

BT broadband is shite and i can't wait to get rid of it! Really though how many people are going to use my conection from my home hub, i'm lucky if it will reach my PC in the attic never mind some fooker outside!

[DJAd]

I've been using 'free' access for years now.

I like the sound of this ! Is it easy?

[casio]

i wonder if theyre planning something with the voip phone as well then you could take the phone out and use it as a mobile when you get connected to a fon router/ bt home hub

[liveseytowers]

i wonder if theyre planning something with the voip phone as well then you could take the phone out and use it as a mobile when you get connected to a fon router/ bt home hub

Now that would be quite good. I seem to remember years and years ago you could buy a phone that worked when it was in range of a hotspot. Can't remember now think it was something like Rabbit?? I'm talking 10 years+ mind! It obviously wasn't VOIP lol

[coin-op]

Can't remember now think it was something like Rabbit?? I'm talking 10 years+ mind! It obviously wasn't VOIP lol

Aye that was Hutchison telecom's first sortie into pay as you go mobile - outbound only - prviously called "Callpoint" or "Phonepoint"

[evilsatan]

I like BT apart from the throttling which seems ever more apparent recently. My dad works for them so I have option 3 for free, BT vision for a one off £1 payment etc though so I have reasons to like them He told me about this last night, sounds quite good to me!

[steve10574]

Aye that was Hutchison telecom's first sortie into pay as you go mobile - outbound only - prviously called "Callpoint" or "Phonepoint"

was called rabbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(telecommunications) and bt do do home phone/mobile phone already

[adeingolf]

Hey evilsatan - does the throttling have any effect on vision? and is it a service you would pay for? Im quite interested as cant have sky where I am now.

[evilsatan]

Hey evilsatan - does the throttling have any effect on vision? and is it a service you would pay for? Im quite interested as cant have sky where I am now.

I havn't used vision yet mate, to be honest I don't know how or what it is, just know I have it or will be given it soon lol. But I did hear somewhere if you get vision then you don't get throttled so no it shouldn't affect vision at all, in fact I seem to remember it saying somewhere if vision is on the line then the line is never throttled so I guess I must be getting vision soon rather than have it already.

EDIT: Vision is arriving here next week mate so feel free to PM me when its up and running and I can answer any concerns you may have

Possibly further wifi info here:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technol...07/bt-fon.html