#293548 - 07/02/2007 18:35
FON - Free internet and free router
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Registered: 21/08/2000
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Loc: Rochester, NY USA
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Anybody seen this? Google video explanationThe 1st 10,000 folks get a free router w/free shipping using Promo Code - 350536244364355 Get Router HereIt looks like its financially backed by Google and skype to promote wi-fi sharing. Anyone already a user?
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#293549 - 07/02/2007 18:54
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: morrisdl]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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Aww, why only us, uk and canada?
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#293550 - 07/02/2007 19:04
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: morrisdl]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
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Think Cris has one, not too sure, looking at the number of hotspots available in Manchester I doubt it would be much use to me. Of course if everybody thinks like that then it'll be doomed to failure. I just don't like the idea of someone connecting to my Fon router and downloading kiddie pr0n over my ADSL.
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#293551 - 07/02/2007 19:48
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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I've got one yea. Never had one person log onto my router, in fact I have unplugged it now. I have never had much sucess getting onto other peoples either.
Good idea, but it's far from perfect yet.
Cheers
Cris.
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#293552 - 07/02/2007 21:12
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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A couple of us in my area were midway through setting up a wisp anyway when we first heard of fon - so far no-one else has really tried to use it...
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#293553 - 07/02/2007 21:22
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: frog51]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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The major problem seems to be that you can't easily find hotspots when you are out and about, if they were built into tomtom it would be great.
I have the feeling there will be lots like me who just end up leaving them turned off as I am paying electric for something that never gets used.
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Cris.
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#293554 - 08/02/2007 08:29
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Aww, why only us, uk and canada?
Had no problem subscribing (and getting a router) in Amsterdam.
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#293555 - 08/02/2007 08:46
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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old hand
Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
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The major problem seems to be that you can't easily find hotspots when you are out and about, if they were built into tomtom it would be great.
There is a "POI" tab on the maps service which dumps the list into various formats?
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#293556 - 08/02/2007 08:48
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: g_attrill]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
Posts: 364
Loc: Probably lost somewhere in Wal...
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I meant the free router with free shipping for their 1st year birthday.
Tried the promotion code on the dutch shop page, says: 'Invalid promotionalCode'
Edited by Schido (08/02/2007 08:50)
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#293557 - 08/02/2007 15:17
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Send me your email on a PM, I'll send you an invite to get a free one  Cheers Cris. PS - I only have one invite to use.
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#293558 - 09/02/2007 12:59
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 21/08/2000
Posts: 346
Loc: Rochester, NY USA
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Thanks for the feedback. Ill report back after I get it installed. I am basically doing this already at home with two wifi routers in line. One open and the 2nd wep. This will replace them both, and hopefully I can get them to become bridges now.
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#293559 - 13/02/2007 02:14
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: morrisdl]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Google video explanation?! Terrance and Phillip, seriously people.
I wouldn't mind sharing my unnecessarily large amount of cable bandwidth, but I wonder if that's against my terms of service and customer agreement with my provider.
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#293560 - 19/02/2007 10:05
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
Posts: 364
Loc: Probably lost somewhere in Wal...
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Cool, received the fonera router today, connecting it now. Thanks again chris
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#293561 - 19/02/2007 12:07
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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Well, that wasn't as easy as it should be, when connecting the fon router, my adsl router would loose its connection to the internet.
Apparently it didn't like seeing two dhcp servers and would just change the external ip address. Solved it by manually entering the ip address in my adsl router.
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#293562 - 19/02/2007 12:09
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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old hand
Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
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Cool, received the fonera router today, connecting it now.
Thanks again chris
<aol>me too</aol>
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#293563 - 19/02/2007 16:14
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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Registered: 15/01/2002
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Loc: Austin
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#293564 - 19/02/2007 19:39
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Thanks again chris
No problems
They have given me another invite, so if anyone else isn't able to get a free router at the moment because they live outside the regions included in the free router promo please send me a PM.
Cheers
Cris.
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#293565 - 22/02/2007 17:33
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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Woohoo! had my first guest login yesterday. He used a whopping 3.25Mb Edit: Oh, and i have one of those invites to give away now too
Edited by Schido (22/02/2007 17:34)
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#293566 - 25/02/2007 05:31
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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They have given me another invite, so if anyone else isn't able to get a free router at the moment because they live outside the regions included in the free router promo please send me a PM.
Just to straighten something out. This invite is for active members of this board, will people please stop registering for this BBS, sending me a short and quite frankly rude messages and expect me to send them something for free, it just isn't going to happen!
So, if there are any other current members of this BBS who would like a Fon router then let me know.
Cheers
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#293567 - 25/02/2007 07:48
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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Same for me, zero board postings = zero invites
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#293569 - 25/02/2007 15:14
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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JPPais - Hi, could you, please, send a Fon inviation?? If you could send to [email protected] .Thanks Eypeon - (3rd message!) Sorry Cris, I just saw your post and thought I'd ask because I'd really like to receive one. You're right that coming out of no where wasn't the best thing, I will be active on the forums though. Hope that will be sufficient enough for the request. Thanks. I just think it's a cheek!!! A bit like walking up to a house in the summer and asking if they can have a burger from your BBQ. Cheers Cris.
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#293571 - 25/02/2007 18:50
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Cris]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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We could be like a radio station and make people do stupid tricks to get a router. "You can have it if you drink 12 Liters of water!"
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#293572 - 05/06/2007 13:26
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: FireFox31]
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enthusiast
Registered: 29/03/2005
Posts: 364
Loc: Probably lost somewhere in Wal...
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Anyone need one of their directional antennas? Not sure if this only works in the netherlands, or only for delivery to myself though. I got this mail today: Quote:
In the next weeks, we are going to launch the La Fontenna, a directional antenna that sends your FON WiFi signal further, boosting the coverage of the FON Community and improving your WiFi experience.
The new La Fontenna powers your FON Spot by improving its coverage up to five times and making FON even cooler for all of our Foneros.
As one of our top Foneros, we want to thank you for supporting our Community by directly involving you in this good news. Therefore, we are offering you the new La Fontenna for just $/€ 2! (Regular price: 19,95 $/€ + shipping costs)
Just visit the Fon Shop, enter the Promotion Code below, and order your La Fontenna. FON will even pick up the delivery costs and taxes!
'As one of our top Foneros'
Who me? Only 1 guest ever connected
Oh, and the get an invinte for a free fonera changed to get an invite for a fonera for 20€/$ incl. shipping and tax.
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#293573 - 05/06/2007 13:43
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
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Hmm, the host in that video is clearly Canadian as anyone can plainly tell from his flappy jaw line. However, I've not once ever heard anyone in this country, or any other, refer to a router as a "rooter."
There also don't appear to be any subscribers in Canada at all.
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#293574 - 05/06/2007 13:56
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: hybrid8]
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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I was wondering about the pronooncement of rooter before, when i heard some other native english speaker pronoonce it like that, in some vodcast (don't remember which one) Quote:
There also don't appear to be any subscribers in Canada at all.
Sure there are: ( http://maps.fon.com/ )
* 167 CHURCH STREET 0, TORONTO, M5B1Y6, CA
* 123 BLOOR ST W, ON, TORONTO, CA
* 222 Spadina Ave. 0, Toronto, M5T2C2, CA
* 445 Jones Ave 0, Toronto, M4J 3G7, CA
* METRO BREMNER BLVD, ON, TORONTO, CA
* METRO BREMNER BLVD, ON, TORONTO, CA
* METRO BREMNER BLVD, ON, TORONTO, CA
* METRO BREMNER BLVD, ON, TORONTO, CA
* 165 Cherokee Blvd. 0, Toronto, M2j4t7, CA
---cut, there's too much of them---
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#293575 - 05/06/2007 14:04
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
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Hmm... When I go to the map it says there are none. Weird. It pops up window where you can select continent and when clicking North America is says there are no Foneros. Then I look at the map and can see most countries in Europe with flags shown and in NA none.
When I tried just now I got the same results but then after clicking a couple of times on the map of Canada a little flag appeared. And one for the US and another for Mexico which were also not showing up before.
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#293576 - 05/06/2007 14:11
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: Schido]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4172
Loc: Cambridge, England
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I was wondering about the pronooncement of rooter before, when i heard some other native english speaker pronoonce it like that, in some vodcast (don't remember which one)
The problem with "router" is that it's the gerund of two different verbs. In British English at least, "rout" (the thing you do to woodwork, or to opposing armies) rhymes with shout, and routing and router in that sense rhyme with shouting and shouter. Meanwhile "route" (the thing you do to packets, or to PCB traces) rhymes with shoot, and routing and router in that sense rhyme with shooting and shooter. I'll check in OED when I get home (if I remember) but my guess would be that "route" was verbed from the noun relatively recently, and in the US before the UK.
Peter
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#293577 - 05/06/2007 15:16
Re: FON - Free internet and free router
[Re: peter]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Yes - we always crack up on conference calls with the states when people discuss routing (rhymes with shouting) as for us we picture them working in their garage with hand tools creating furniture and the like.
Conversely, we seem to generate a laugh when talking about routing (like shooting) which apparently has some scurrilous associations in North America:-)
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