Comments on: A $5 Wireless Router http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ten Pieces of Miscellaneous Debris http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-319250 Ten Pieces of Miscellaneous Debris Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:12:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-319250 [...] $5 WiFi Router: Here’s Web Worker Daily picking up on FON (and Om also posts it on GigaOm), which has been around for a while. I wrote about it a few [...] [...] $5 WiFi Router: Here’s Web Worker Daily picking up on FON (and Om also posts it on GigaOm), which has been around for a while. I wrote about it a few [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Coping with FON-liness « http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-297431 Web Worker Daily » Archive Coping with FON-liness « Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:53:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-297431 [...] sadly the promise of FON’s $5 wireless router and it’s community-grown network is almost irrelevant. However, Web workers have many more [...] [...] sadly the promise of FON’s $5 wireless router and it’s community-grown network is almost irrelevant. However, Web workers have many more [...]

]]> By: pligg.com http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-31046 pligg.com Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:37:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-31046 <strong>Web Worker Daily</strong> Employers are realizing that what people do online can actually prove their value as potential hires, not just rule them out based on drunken photos or revelations of other past missteps. Last year we saw articles like Overexposed in the Blogosphere wa... Web Worker Daily

Employers are realizing that what people do online can actually prove their value as potential hires, not just rule them out based on drunken photos or revelations of other past missteps.
Last year we saw articles like Overexposed in the Blogosphere wa…

]]> By: Michael Wolfgson http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-575 Michael Wolfgson Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:53:10 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-575 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? 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?

]]> By: Mark Evans http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-527 Mark Evans Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:45:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-527 <strong>The Temptation (and Potential) of Wi-Fi</strong> Earlier this year when we held one of our first meeting to plan the mesh conference, one of the many distractions was a discussion about FON raising $21.7-million from investors such as Google, Skype and Sequoia Capital. It was a rather controversial d... The Temptation (and Potential) of Wi-Fi

Earlier this year when we held one of our first meeting to plan the mesh conference, one of the many distractions was a discussion about FON raising $21.7-million from investors such as Google, Skype and Sequoia Capital. It was a rather controversial d…

]]> By: I’m a Fonero now « Life on the road http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-524 I’m a Fonero now « Life on the road Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:01:50 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-524 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> By: Pud http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-372 Pud Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:55:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-372 Can I pay for it in flooz? Can I pay for it in flooz?

]]> By: fon-man http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-362 fon-man Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:55:32 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-362 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. <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/fon" rel="nofollow">Squidoo lens of FON has more details</a> @JOHN BEALES - you can also turn your current WRT54G into a FON router... 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…

]]> By: John Beales http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-361 John Beales Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:21:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/a-5-wireless-router/#comment-361 Looks great! Now if only they'd sell them in Canada..... Looks great! Now if only they’d sell them in Canada…..

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