Share your WiFi Please

[Rich Tate]

Never before have I ever seen an ISP encouraging people to share their wireless connection before. In exchange, the ISP will provide some additional access to premium services.

They are hoping it will push wireless broadband access, or wi-fi, into suburban and even rural areas. In return for letting other BT customers use part of their broadband connection, anyone signing up to "BT Fon" will have free access to the networks of other British "Foneros" and more than 190,000 Fon-enabled wireless access hotspots across 50 countries including the US, Japan and France.

 

[TheGeekFreek]

Those guys sucks..
They are just wanting to use existing technology and end users to take care of something they dont want to pay for..

*Pulls out gun, Shoots their CEO in the kneecap*

 

[Monkey34]

This isn't really new except for the push into BT territory. People have been hacking Fonero's with dd-wrt....*ehem*....I mean USING FONEROs CORRECTLY for a while.

Use one myself. With Fon's firmware. Share with others. Yea. Yea.

 

[Lethal]

The idea of sharing part of a home network is likely to raise security concerns among consumers.

No shit, Dick Tracy!

What happens when someone using your connection does bad things with it? I realize this is the UK, but take the RIAA scenario as an example. Who's in trouble when the illegal file sharing of copyrighted materials or the sending of massive amounts of spam is directly traceable to your IP?

Inquiring minds want to know how BT plans to address this issue.

 

[Nomadicaus]

No shit, Dick Tracy!

What happens when someone using your connection does bad things with it? I realize this is the UK, but take the RIAA scenario as an example. Who's in trouble when the illegal file sharing of copyrighted materials or the sending of massive amounts of spam is directly traceable to your IP?

Inquiring minds want to know how BT plans to address this issue.

I imagine this could be addressed with a clause regarding liability in whatever contract they have with their customers. No big deal, if handled correctly.

 

[MadJuggla9]

No shit, Dick Tracy!

What happens when someone using your connection does bad things with it? I realize this is the UK, but take the RIAA scenario as an example. Who's in trouble when the illegal file sharing of copyrighted materials or the sending of massive amounts of spam is directly traceable to your IP?

Inquiring minds want to know how BT plans to address this issue.

Then you tell your ISP or someone else to handle it since it is essentially a free AP for others.