Re: [SLUG] new machine

From: Eric Brace (eric.brace@gmail.com)
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 12:26:14 EDT


Looks like there are a few in operation in the bay already.

http://maps.fon.com/

I might be adding this at home, so there will be one more!

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Daniel Nakov <daniel.nakov@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, the idea is that once you share your internet connection (totally
> firewalled and bandwidth-shaped to like 256k), you'll be able to use other
> people's FON wireless. In some places in Europe, you can get a wifi
> connection almost anywhere because most cities are packed. You can do that
> here as well but you have to use the unsecured 'linksys' wireless.
>
> It's a good idea if it was more wide-spread and if there weren't too many
> people like me who install linux on the router.
>
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Rich Morgan <rmorgan@heavysystems.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Daniel Nakov wrote:
> > > FON used to give out free routers because they were trying to make you
> > > share your internet connection to the public. It's a pretty good idea
> > -
> >
> > Wait... wha? Sharing my internet connection with the public is a good
> > idea? Am I missing something here?
> >
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