Comments on: FON WiFi community http://www.ayleebits.com/2006/09/07/fon-wifi-community/ Aylee on design and weddings, destination, beach, nautical, DIY and budget Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: fonero http://www.ayleebits.com/2006/09/07/fon-wifi-community/comment-page-1/#comment-131 fonero Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:35:26 +0000 http://www.gnyc.net/senseless/2006/09/07/fon-wifi-community/#comment-131 "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? <a href="knaddison.com/fon/gaming-fon-will-the-business-model-work" rel="nofollow">knaddison.com/fon/gaming-fon-will-the-business-model-work</a> 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! “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!

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