Comments on: Deutsche Telekom flirts with crowdsourced Wi-Fi through Croatian Fon deal http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/deutsche-telekom-flirts-with-crowdsourced-wi-fi-through-croatian-fon-deal/ Sat, 25 May 2013 08:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Luke81 http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/deutsche-telekom-flirts-with-crowdsourced-wi-fi-through-croatian-fon-deal/#comment-1316036 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:19:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607491#comment-1316036 Do we need this? Why not use existing free Wi-Fi hotspots? Today you can find free WiFi almost at every corner.
For finding a free hotspot there are several Apps available or you can search on online portals like http://www.shareair.net

]]> By: Green http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/deutsche-telekom-flirts-with-crowdsourced-wi-fi-through-croatian-fon-deal/#comment-1308665 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:06:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607491#comment-1308665 It looks that according to the German legislation WiFi sharing is treated as illegal or anticompetitive:
http://www.telemedicus.info/urteile/Internetrecht/809-OLG-Koeln-Az-6-U-22308-WLAN-Sharing-ist-wettbewerbswidrig.html

So I wonder if Deutsche Telekom would invest in something that is not according to the German legislation. However, might be that works in Croatia.

]]> By: elfonblog http://gigaom.com/2013/02/05/deutsche-telekom-flirts-with-crowdsourced-wi-fi-through-croatian-fon-deal/#comment-1308534 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:31:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607491#comment-1308534 As fon’s former biggest fan blogger, I have to ask, Why the hell does DT need fon? Fon is built out of open-source parts. Fon has not been crowdsourced since the first couple of years. Fon turned against it’s volunteer members, requiring them to buy all equipment from fon and turning everyone into free hotspots for fon to offer as lure to other corporate “partners”. Fon would certainly like to bluntly add DT’s customer numbers to it’s own membership numbers, as it has always done. Most of all, since fon does not make any honest money, fon would like DT’s investment money so it’s president can continue to jet around to all the world’s exotic places and give a quick speech in the hotel lobby so it can be written off as “business travel”. Fon is a big hole to throw money into. Fon is poison. Fon is a lie. My blog, elfonblog.fondoo.net is still online if you would like further information.

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