Anyone registered?
Any good?
Seems that if I register I share my WiFi home system with anyone else in the area, is this secure? 
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BT Fon - any problems?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Bruneep, thanks for your link. I should have said I have read the BT blurb, I was seeking personal experiences with BT Fon
Posted 1 year ago # -
Never yet managed to connect with any Fon or Openzone hotspot, mainly because I cannot register with BT Fon, despite being a BT Internet user.
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Hmm, Im struggling to see why I should give up some of my bandwidth, just someone else can use it. When im paying for the privilige in the first place.
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Two reasons (last time I looked):
1. you get free access to other Fon hotspots
2. there is a kickback option where you get paid based on usagePosted 1 year ago # -
I would prefer to drive rusty nails through my balls than use BT for any service, let alone broadband!
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I'm registered and as we live in the middle of no-where, I'm not worried about other people using my connection
It is supposed to be secure enough and limited bandwidth so probably wouldn't be worried anyway.Have to say though that on the few occasions I've tried logging onto other people connections via my Desire, it's connected via wifi but not been able to download web sites.
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If I had decent bandwidth, and I didn't have access to the cloud etc via O2, I'd sign up, but as it is I need all the speed I can get!
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thanks for the advice, seems a waste of time registering! No one seems to use it!
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You might as well register as its free, and if you are doing something that requires all your bandwidth it will throttle the BT Fon right back. Its a bit of give and take. I've only connected to BT Fon a couple of times whilst out and about, but the hub also broadcasts an Openzone hotspot and this I've had much more success with on other peoples hubs.
One major downfall seems to be that after enabling BT Fon, the hub doesn't actually broadcast anything. Each time I've had a new hub I've had to do a manual firmware update as even after a couple of weeks its still not broadcasting.
I sometimes connect my work laptop to the BT Fon channel on my own hub, and it does seem quiet restricted in terms of bandwidth, so unless you are struggling along with a .5 or 1meg connection, I'd go for it.
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Use this on my iPhone quite a lot. Once you download the app you can connect automatically, tried on my laptop and has worked a few times but not 100% reliable...
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My folks use it. They have a notebook in their camper and access to bt openzone and fon hotspots whilst away is very useful.
And as I set their system up and know their fon password I find it quite useful too
Posted 1 year ago #
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