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Telecommunications BT & FON aim to make the world one big WiFi community
Telecommunications BT & FON aim to make the world one big WiFi community | BT & FON aim to make the world one big WiFi community |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 04 October 2007 | |
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Page 1 of 2 BT claims that "the revolutionary idea for a massive WiFi community, built by individual people and not a large corporate enterprise, marks BT's boldest step yet in building extensive broadband coverage outside of the home or office. Every person who agrees to share a small portion of their home broadband connection, by opening up a separate, secure channel on their wireless router, will be able to share the connection of any other member." Gavin Patterson, BT Group managing director, consumer, said: "This is the start of something very exciting for BT. Today we are launching a people's network of WiFi, which could one day cover every street in Britain. We are giving our millions of Total Broadband customers a choice and an opportunity. If they are prepared to securely share a little of their broadband, they can share the broadband at hundreds of thousands of FON and BT OpenZone hotspots today, without paying a penny." |
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