Fon has received $21.7 million for ‘a global network of shared Wi-Fi connections’. Google, Skype, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures are among the investors.


Fon has received $21.7 million for ‘a global network of shared Wi-Fi connections’. Google, Skype, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures are among the investors.

Fon’s service allows subscribers to modify their routers so that Wi-Fi users can connect to the internet at many physical locations.

Fon Blog announces it as: “As you know, FON is a global community of people who share WiFi connections. We call these people “Foneros”, as a tribute to our heritage as a Spanish company. In order to become a Fonero, you go to FON, to download software that you install in your router, you place your antenna by a window and you share bandwidth with other Foneros from anywhere in the world”. [source]

Skype has announced it on their blog: “FON is trying to make it easy for anyone who has already invested in broadband and a wireless access point to securely share their Wi-Fi, so together we can build a unified global wireless network which is easy to access, safe to share and reasonably priced”. [source]

To download Fon and become a Fonero click here.

 

 

 

 

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