Comments on: FON to team with Time Warner Cable http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/ The Business of Technology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Alternageek Technology Podcast » Wifi Co-ops Already In Progress http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-860247 Alternageek Technology Podcast » Wifi Co-ops Already In Progress Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:29:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-860247 <p>[...] router in the summer of 2006 and have been sharing my wifi ever since. FON has spent the last year building partnerships with major Telcoms and broadband providers including British Telcom, Neuf Cegetel (France), and Time Warner. Such partnerships break down the [...]</p> [...] router in the summer of 2006 and have been sharing my wifi ever since. FON has spent the last year building partnerships with major Telcoms and broadband providers including British Telcom, Neuf Cegetel (France), and Time Warner. Such partnerships break down the [...]

]]> By: entrepreneurdb.com » Blog Archive » FON to team with Time Warner Cable http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94324 entrepreneurdb.com » Blog Archive » FON to team with Time Warner Cable Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:22:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94324 <p>[...] post by GigaOM and software by Elliott [...]</p> [...] post by GigaOM and software by Elliott [...]

]]> By: Linuxchic.net - Because I Can http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94323 Linuxchic.net - Because I Can Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:41:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94323 <p>[...] I have been sharing out a FON hotspot for about a year: It has been more than twenty days since we reported that FON, the share-your-Wi-Fi service company was in talks with Time Warner Cable. Today, a news report [...]</p> [...] I have been sharing out a FON hotspot for about a year: It has been more than twenty days since we reported that FON, the share-your-Wi-Fi service company was in talks with Time Warner Cable. Today, a news report [...]

]]> By: Marc Siry http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94319 Marc Siry Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:17:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94319 <p>When I first started working at AOL back in 2003, I (internally) pitched this idea- allow 'AOL for Broadband' (remember that?) users to become WiFi gateways for AOL's service. Other AOL users could use it for free (or cheap) and non-AOL subscribers would pay a low rate to connect. The more paid usage your gateway drove, the cheaper your service would get, all the way down to free.</p> <p>The idea never made it past two bosses up from me because AOL didn't own the connection, just the service on top of it. Of course, in many cases the owner of the connection was Time Warner Cable, which one would <em>think</em> would be a natural partner- however, there was still a lot of bad blood within the company about the merger and it was often easier to work with non-Time Warner entities who didn't hold the same grudge.</p> When I first started working at AOL back in 2003, I (internally) pitched this idea- allow ‘AOL for Broadband’ (remember that?) users to become WiFi gateways for AOL’s service. Other AOL users could use it for free (or cheap) and non-AOL subscribers would pay a low rate to connect. The more paid usage your gateway drove, the cheaper your service would get, all the way down to free.

The idea never made it past two bosses up from me because AOL didn’t own the connection, just the service on top of it. Of course, in many cases the owner of the connection was Time Warner Cable, which one would think would be a natural partner- however, there was still a lot of bad blood within the company about the merger and it was often easier to work with non-Time Warner entities who didn’t hold the same grudge.

]]> By: fontastic.org - FON and free WiFi blog » FON and Time Warner Cable to team up http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94321 fontastic.org - FON and free WiFi blog » FON and Time Warner Cable to team up Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:39:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94321 <p>[...] to Om Malik, FON teams up with Time Warner Cable. Their goal seems to be to bundle FON subscriptions with Time [...]</p> [...] to Om Malik, FON teams up with Time Warner Cable. Their goal seems to be to bundle FON subscriptions with Time [...]

]]> By: congratulations FON http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94322 congratulations FON Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:39:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94322 <p>Excellent marketing machine at FON. Seriously.</p> <p>There is free Wi-Fi available at so many places, but haven't come across FON yet.</p> Excellent marketing machine at FON. Seriously.

There is free Wi-Fi available at so many places, but haven’t come across FON yet.

]]> By: Raindeer http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94320 Raindeer Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:40:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94320 <p>An extra reason for a network to offer Fon-like services is that all in all it doesn't cost them any extra. It can be as simple as a a software patch on an existing modem. Doing this gives users a bigger possibility of roaming with their laptops and other wifi enabled devices. It makes for a good salespitch: become our customer and we throw in X-million hotspots as well.</p> <p>I actually don't understand why many networks aren't doing this. The technology/standards are there. The hardware can handle it. The user understands the concept. You don't need to use FON, since the basic standard is available. Opening up wireless for customers gives people an incentive to share in a secure manner, instead of the current open wifi access points with no authentication. It becomes easier to do lawful interception (again because of authentication). With the right software it should be able to define user profiles (eg. roamers only get x% bandwidth when I'm using it and a 100% when I don't etc.) All in all, there are many wins from the no FON-like service situations and the only drawback I can see is, it might canibalize 3G mobile data. However that is a consideration for some, but not for all.</p> <p>BTW also have a look at the Eduroam initiative, which is doing a FON-like service for academia and is quite succesful. http://www.eduroam.nl/en/index.shtml</p> An extra reason for a network to offer Fon-like services is that all in all it doesn’t cost them any extra. It can be as simple as a a software patch on an existing modem. Doing this gives users a bigger possibility of roaming with their laptops and other wifi enabled devices. It makes for a good salespitch: become our customer and we throw in X-million hotspots as well.

I actually don’t understand why many networks aren’t doing this. The technology/standards are there. The hardware can handle it. The user understands the concept. You don’t need to use FON, since the basic standard is available. Opening up wireless for customers gives people an incentive to share in a secure manner, instead of the current open wifi access points with no authentication. It becomes easier to do lawful interception (again because of authentication). With the right software it should be able to define user profiles (eg. roamers only get x% bandwidth when I’m using it and a 100% when I don’t etc.) All in all, there are many wins from the no FON-like service situations and the only drawback I can see is, it might canibalize 3G mobile data. However that is a consideration for some, but not for all.

BTW also have a look at the Eduroam initiative, which is doing a FON-like service for academia and is quite succesful. (link)

]]> By: FON to team with Time Warner Cable - CableTV.com Forums http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94318 FON to team with Time Warner Cable - CableTV.com Forums Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:51:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94318 <p>[...] more funds, this time from Excite Japan and started selling its routers at the Sony Style shops. GigaOM » FON to team with Time Warner Cable __________________ Take Control, It's Easy! CONTROL CHOICE EDUCATION [...]</p> [...] more funds, this time from Excite Japan and started selling its routers at the Sony Style shops. GigaOM » FON to team with Time Warner Cable __________________ Take Control, It’s Easy! CONTROL CHOICE EDUCATION [...]

]]> By: AJ http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94317 AJ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:59:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94317 <p>Awesome...it gives FON (I'm a Bill in the FON network) some legitimacy! People should get in on the FREE FON router deals now b4 Time Warner puts a stop to that!</p> Awesome…it gives FON (I’m a Bill in the FON network) some legitimacy! People should get in on the FREE FON router deals now b4 Time Warner puts a stop to that!

]]> By: kenji mori http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94316 kenji mori Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:35:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94316 <p>the photo seems to be tsukumo retail store selling la fonera for JPY 1,980 (=USD16).</p> the photo seems to be tsukumo retail store selling la fonera for JPY 1,980 (=USD16).

]]> By: Diego http://gigaom.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94315 Diego Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:25:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/fon-time-warner-cable-deal/#comment-94315 <p>Actually, Martín Varsavsky is not spanish, he's from Argentina.</p> <p>Greetings, a Fonero ;)</p> Actually, Martín Varsavsky is not spanish, he’s from Argentina.

Greetings, a Fonero ;)

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