Introducing the BT FON Community
Yes, you read it correctly: BT stands for British Telecom!!!
Ever since we started building FON, the largest WiFi community in the world, I have been explaining how FON is great for telcos and ISPs. BT, one of the world’s leading and most innovative telcos, has partnered with FON because it understands the value that FON gives to its customers.
So I am extremely proud to introduce you to the BT FON Community that BT and FON have built together in the U.K. BT recognized FON’s vision and understood how it would greatly benefit BT customers both at home in the U.K. and when abroad. It was amazing and refreshing to see how agile a telco giant could be in working with an innovative concept like the BT FON Community. Everyone at BT and FON has dedicated an extraordinary amount of time and effort in working closely together to make this new Wi-Fi community a reality.
The result is that now millions of BT broadband subscribers can automatically opt-in to the BT FON Community. That means a revolutionary number of places for you to get WiFi in the U.K. for FREE. We have done this by integrating FON into BT’s broadband platform and allowing BT users to share their Wi-Fi like the rest of us. And yes, of course, all Foneros who share Wi-Fi can now access all BT FON hotspots in the UK for free.
And there’s more great news. I’d like to announce that BT is also shareholder and partner in FON. BT is a fantastic addition to our roster of investors and highlights the on-going success of FON. We are now part of BT’s strategy to provide wireless broadband not just inside the home, but outside as well. Wireless broadband is central to BT’s consumer, business mobility, and convergence strategies, and enables customers to be better connected, anytime, anyplace, anywhere. The combination of BT Total Broadband and BT’s other wireless networks, and now with the BT FON Community, customers across the UK will be able to experience the benefits of broadband at home and everywhere else in the UK and across the world.
From the beginning we Foneros have believed in the concept of sharing and in citizens’ ability to participate in building something important that would benefit everyone. BT FON represents a huge leap forward in the Fonero goal of making WiFi available anytime, anywhere!
Thanks to all of you Foneros out there, and welcome to the U.K.!
You can also watch this video in Youtube
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[...] ) ma non potevo fare a meno di annunciare questa fighissima notizia: la British Telecom (BT) si è affidata alla comunity FON per diffondere il wifi nel regno unito!! ovvero ha integrato FON nella sua piattaforma a banda [...]
From WiFi, finalmente è (r)evolution - October 5, 2007 8:08 am - #
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From .:.:.Lanz Blog.:.:. : Blog Archive : WiFi, finalmente è (r)evolution - October 7, 2007 10:11 am - #
[...] A parlare del tutto è stato anche e naturalmente la mente di FON, l’argentino Martin Varsavsky, secondo cui “è stato sorprendente e interessante vedere quanto agile possa diventare un gigante delle telecomunicazioni nel lavorare con un concetto innovativo come la comunità BT FON (…) Il risultato è che ora milioni di abbonati dei servizi broad band di BT possono automaticamente scegliere di aderire alla BT FON Community. Questo significa che vi saranno nel Regno Unito un numero rivoluzionario di luoghi dove collegarsi via WiFi gratuitamente (…) Un risultato ottenuto integrando FON nella piattaforma a banda larga di BT e consentendo agli utenti BT di condividere il loro WiFi come tutti noi già facciamo. Naturalmente tutti i foneros che condividono WiFi possono accedere ora agli hotspot BT FON nel Regno Unito del tutto gratuitamente”. [...]
From Skype in United Kingdom - October 10, 2007 12:59 pm - #
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From Outblaze Blog - October 16, 2007 10:30 am - #
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From Unfortune - May 21, 2008 7:06 pm - #
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