Fon, Free WiFi for All

I saw this on Gizmodo.com, a tech blog, and thought it was a grand idea. Free WIFI for LA!

From Gizmodo.com:

Fon, those lovable guys trying to make a WiFi sharing community, are celebrating their 1-year birthday with a 10,000 router giveaway. The b/g routers have both a private and public access point, and you can share your broadband with strangers in exchange for free access to other Fon user’s APs around the world, or for cash when non-Fon users pony up.

The router, designed by Cisco, is palm sized. And despite some rumors on the internet, it is not stronger than ye old full sized AP. In particular, I compared it to a Linksys 802.11 A/G router, the WRT55AG. The signal strength for the Fon was only 70% of the bigger router. There aren’t any ethernet ports, either. But look at how tiny this thing is? Use this thing as a second AP. And do I need to remind you that this normally $30 router is going for free now. No shipping. No tax.

Click here to get visit Fon to get your free Access Point.

or visit them to find out more… http://en.fon.com/

Update: there are no more free ones left. But you can get one for $29.99 on their website which includes all shipping and taxes. Or if you own a linksys router, or a few other types, you can download firmware on their site that you can update your router with that will transform it into a Fon access point for free. I got my free one and it’s great. It lives in my window overlooking downtown.