A $5 Wireless Router
Wireless sharing start-up, FON is offering a $5 wireless router, as long as you are willing to become a Fonero and share your broadband access. Check it out, it might save you some dollars. Full review to follow soon. Just posted about this on GigaOM as well.
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Looks great! Now if only they’d sell them in Canada…..
In addition to saving you some dollars when you are roaming on other people’s wifi – FON also has the option of earning YOU some money if you live in the right place. You can become a partner in selling the wifi and then you get part of the revenue. People who life in high traffic/high tourist areas can make plenty of money from FON.
Squidoo lens of FON has more details
@JOHN BEALES – you can also turn your current WRT54G into a FON router…
Can I pay for it in flooz?
All this sounds too good, but is it possible to share your broadband connection without getting written permission from your ISP and will I really benefit from other people’s WiFi without sitting on their porches?