Comments on: FON Will Soon Release FONspot Software For Macs

By: Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:50:03 +0000

Christian, Our labs already released a beta version. You can find it here http://english.martinvarsavsky.net//new-fonspot-software-for-mac-and-linux-just-released.html

By: christian

christian — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:34:30 +0000

Now it is the end of April and there is still no software. I’m looking forward to your fonspot for my macbook! When this nice software will arive?

By: jose alarcon

jose alarcon — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:46:17 +0000

Hi Martin,

this is a nice idea. But considering that nowadays more and more phones come with wifi, why not to make a symbian version? Imagine to have a fonera in your pocket!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:31:00 +0000

Martin,

Wi-fi is not inherently scalable to hundreds of users. Having multiple cellular links to the Net won’t help much, the issue is too many wi-fi units in the same place = congestion (cellular links in general are much more scalable in this regard as they are designed for hundreds or thousands of users.)

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:55:48 +0000

I don’t know why but its fine sharing the home DSL, not so much the EvDo (even if it’s flat and nippy enough to serve more than three clients). My connection is flat rate but still.
Granted, I share it anytime I get the chance through the Airport sharing tool.

By: Dabis Camero

Dabis Camero — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:01:04 +0000

Excellent Martin!

I would love to test the software soon. This idea and implementation have great potential. I’m pretty sure there are a lot features that need to be improved and added… let us know if we can help!

It is good to know that the US is not the only market in the world.

Kind Regards,

- Dabis

By: Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:10:30 +0000

There are no carriers in the US that allow the resale of cell data bandwidth. Most don’t allow any sharing of any sort–free or otherwise–except when bundled with specific business offerings. Enforcement is tricky, of course. How can a carrier know you’re doing this? They’d have to monitor your traffic, or use Fon-authentication hits as an excuse for canceling your service, which seems unlikely.