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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Need For WiFi

It's easy to see why FON is growing so quickly, the phone companies need us! The iPhone is an example of this. It's a great device but doesn't live up to it's full potential until you connect to WiFi. The iPhone is a music centric device, but you can't download music unless you're connected to a WiFi hotspot. Today T-Mobile unveiled the G1, the first Android based phone to market. This groundbreaking phone also requires WiFi to download music.

Even without downloading music AT&T has suffered frequent 3G outages. T-Mobile is trying to avoid this by capping the new G1 at 1GB of data. When you reach 1GB you'll be throttled back to 50kbps for the remainder of the month. Ouch. I'm not sure if that's better or worse than frequent outages.

These are both great phones loaded with features their networks can't support. Once connected to WiFi these devices live up to their true potential. This isn't going to change anytime soon, and more data thirsty devices are on the way.

The good news is we have a solution. Together with our Foneros we have the bandwidth and WiFi these devices need! Join the 1 million other people who are already enjoying the benefits of FON!

*Update 9/25/08: T-Mobile has changed the 1GB cap and now advises "To provide the best network experience for all of our customers we may temporarily reduce data throughput for a small fraction of customers who use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth."

 

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