BT Broadband customers to get free WiFi across the UK

Posted by nilhan
October 4, 2007

BT Plc has invested in the Spanish Wifi company FON to provide free wireless internet for all their broadband customers.
FON will split the home broadband connection to create a secure private home network and a public one for anyone else in range. FON members will even be able to access free WiFi when travelling abroad.

Good news for the mobile internet and some of FON’s other investors including Google and ebay who owns now Skype. Not so good for mobile carriers who will need to rethink their business model when it comes to 3G and ultimately phone calls. Not sure how they’ll compete with a fixed price service that is simply a lot faster.

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