Wireless sharing start-up, FON is offering a $5 wireless router, as long as you are willing to become a Fonero and share your broadband access. Check it out, it might save you some dollars. Full review to follow soon. Just posted about this on GigaOM as well.
[...] I was following the O’Reilly Radar when Brady posted what Om said on webworkerdaily. Most members (aka Foneros) “share their wireless Internet access at home and, in return, enjoy free WiFi wherever they find another Fonero’s Access Point”, these are known as Linuses. Aliens do not share their WiFi and are charged for using the FON network. Bills do not take advantage of the free roaming WiFi and instead get a cut of the fees that Aliens pay to use their WiFi. This could subsidize the cost of your WiFi if your business or home is in a heavily trafficked part of town. [...]
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Looks great! Now if only they’d sell them in Canada…..
In addition to saving you some dollars when you are roaming on other people’s wifi – FON also has the option of earning YOU some money if you live in the right place. You can become a partner in selling the wifi and then you get part of the revenue. People who life in high traffic/high tourist areas can make plenty of money from FON.
Squidoo lens of FON has more details
@JOHN BEALES – you can also turn your current WRT54G into a FON router…
Can I pay for it in flooz?
All this sounds too good, but is it possible to share your broadband connection without getting written permission from your ISP and will I really benefit from other people’s WiFi without sitting on their porches?