by alec on April 23, 2007
It looks as if FON has hit the jackpot with a distribution deal with Time Warner. Time Warner will let its home broadband users turn their connections into WiFi hotspots. They hope to provide cost effective WiFi hotspots for consumers who just want to check email, or do a little casual surfing.
FON USA CEO Joanna Rees has been widely quoted as saying that they're going to take a shot at the T-Mobile hotspot service, but it seems unlikely to me. Business users, especially travellers, use these hotspots in airports and at coffee shops where (a) the franchise is already locked up by T-Mobile and (b) there aren't any residential broadband users waiting to donate their bandwidth.
by alec on April 13, 2007
Joanna Stern, over at LAPTOP, tipped me off to a cool new bundle that the Skype store is offering.
To kick off the opening of its new online store (skype.com/shop), the VoIP provider is offering a SMC WiFi phone, FON router, 500 SkypeOut minutes and a year's worth of free Skype voicemail for $159. That's about $50 off regular retail price.
Cool. The rest of her piece is a review of the bundle, and then she sneaks in the kicker at the end…
Win A FON/Skype Bundle! LAPTOP wants to spread a little Wi-Fi joy of its own. We're giving away ten FON/SMC Bundles. Just let us know the craziest place you want to set up Wi-Fi, and make Skype calls from.
Enter now.
I'm sure we can come up with a few. Click on the Enter Now link in the paragraph above, and then leave a comment with your kookie ideas here. Should be fun!
