Category Archives: WiFi
Your aerials are always up with ZON@FON!
Olá! Fonero traveling to Portugal this summer? You can get free access to the biggest WiFi network in the country – the ZON@FON WiFi network now has over 400,000 hotspots – with no time or usage limits. So, be sure to bring your smartphones, tablets and other WiFi devices with you. In addition to a [...]
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Fon Community Gives Free WiFi Access at 500,000 hotspots in Japan to Help People Connect after Tsunami
Our hearts go out to all the people affected by the huge earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan today. To help people reach their family and friends while many mobile phone networks are not working, we are offering free WiFi access to everyone at 500,000 Fon hotspots across Japan for the next days. To get [...]
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BT Fon gets even better with new mobile WiFi app for iPhone and Android
We’re really excited about the new mobile BT FON app, not just because it works great, but because it shows how BT, once a traditional incumbent, has come to embrace WiFi and the WiFi network we built together, BT FON. The BT FON WiFi network is the largest in the UK, and this new app [...]
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Interviewing Fon members in Switzerland
Update (March 31, 2011)! The University of Lugano and the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, with financing from the Swiss National Science Foundation are now conducting a second Wi-Com study. They request the participation of Swiss Foneros in a 10 minute survey (available in English, French, German and Italian). And, this time they [...]
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Technicolor WiFi-enabled cable modems and broadband gateways are FON-ready
Technicolor (formerly Thomson Telecom) has made their WiFi cable modems and broadband gateways FON-ready. This is great news for ISPs, their subscribers and FON. For ISPs who distribute gateways created by Technicolor, this means they can now choose to activate FON functionality and offer it as an innovative add-on to their subscribers. For subscribers, it [...]
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Auto Connect to FON WiFi with Android
If you own an Android based smartphone, have a FON account*, and want super easy access to FON WiFi, you’ll love the FON Access app. AndroidPIT reviewers call it “excellent” and “perfect” and give it close to 5 stars! This super handy application automatically detects and logs you in to more than 1.5 million hotspots [...]
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