Steps into the FON revolution (and media buzz)
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On Sunday, Fon publicly announcement that Skype, Google and Sequoia Capital would put all together 18 million euros ($22 million USD) into the new Martin Varsasky’s entrepreneurial adventure, the media and bloggers are buzzing on the pros and cons of its business model. We, at PhoneAddict, dug in the world press to bring you the most relevant information.
From traditional media
El Pais pinpointed the fast spreading rate: 1,710 new registered users for only the last day. The Wall Street Journal added Fon already contracted a deal with one large Sweden Internet-service provider. It’s GlocoNet, the second largest ISP in Sweden, confirmed News.com and Reuters ― but their website is unreachable so far, quite weird for an Internet-related company. The US-based ISP Speakeasy should have also contracted with them. No! has written John Cook of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Meanwhile, Spanish daily Informativos Telecinco revealed some other investors name: Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Mike Volpi (Cisco). Calm down, guys, it’s still buzz, the BBC could claim. “According to a survey by electronics firm Toshiba, about 20% of laptop owners did not know how to use wireless functions.”How to get started
Fon provides Linksys router for $25 USD/25 euros ― it’s definitively worth buying it if you’re in America ― for people who don’t have any appropriate devices. The software bundles the router. Be quick, they only have 3,000 pieces at low cost. So far, since the announcement, 600 of them have already been sold according to El Pais, 400 if we listen to Informativos Telecinco.Then you just need to download the software (information in Spanish) and install it prior to jump into the FON network. For others, who own one of the Linksys WRT54GL/GS/G version 1x to 4x routers, Ignacio García Sedano published steps to turn your wireless router into a FON compatible hotspot. Living in Spain, he seemingly achieved the installation in a few quick steps, although he didn’t reference his access point router model. Some screenshots are available on his geek blog. Tele2 users should be careful on setting their wireless router, French-speaking Damien Van Achter warned. For pure users, Fon provides a list and an interactive online map which regroups the currently available hotspots. (Stay tuned, we still keep an eye on the Fon fuzzing buzz.)Feb 7, 2006 | By Nuno
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