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Fonbucks
February 28, 2007 Posted by Chris Tingom Filed under General
Fonbucks is a clever little product from a company called Fon that is giving away free routers to anybody that lives near a Starbucks, and wants to charge people for using their bandwidth. Since they handle all of the transaction fees, and charge less than Starbucks does for bandwidth, you end up getting a bit of the money. (via)
Eddie says:
I like the idea, but going head on with a monster like Starbucks and T-Mobile could be a death sentence. I am sure there will be lawsuits from each company, however it would be nice to find a free or cheaper wifi location around the big green monster.
Austin says:
thats a cool idea, except i hate having to pay for wifi. Vida will stay free I think.
Chris Tingom says:
Yeah, free wifi is the bomb.
Steve Kessler says:
I agree with Eddie, that’s a lawsuit waiting to happen. My hats off to them though.
Steve Ross says:
Thanks! (I work for FON)
FON is FREE to anyone who buys a FON router and shares their internet connection without charging, what we call a Linus. So if you join FON you can use all our hotspots FREE!