It’s all about sharing wireless broadband connections.
If you have a broadband connection, you can register it with Fon. By registering, other Foneros (people who use Fon) can access your wireless broadband connection using their Fon username and password. You may set a limit to the bandwidth other Foneros can use.
What do you get in return? You have two options. One option is free access to the Fon wireless community. Second option is to receive 50% of the net revenues from those who pay to access the Fon wireless community. Either way is great, don’t you think?
And here’s even greater news for Manhattanites:
Fon is currently launching a program to make WiFi available across Manhattan. If you are eligible for the program, you’ll receive a free Fon WiFi router. Click here to see if you’re eligible.
“What do you get in return?” seems like a smart part of the FON business model and also a possible weakness.
On the one hand the two models of joining as a Bill or a Linus allows people with broad motivations to join. On the other hand – it also allows people to “game” the system.
I wrote more about this on my site -what do you think?
knaddison.com/fon/gaming-fon-will-the-business-model-work
And how is the NYC project going? Looking at the Map for NYC it’s easy to see that they’ve already got very good coverage!