FON interest?

[Chuck Lare]

Thanks Ken & Casey.  Sounds like FON doesn't have the altruistic 
motivation that we share.  What I understand is the their basic model 
relies on hundreds of small home network nodes stitched together, 
blanketing the area, providing WiFi/Internet access.  Add to that the 
Seattle Fire Departments are all connected with fiber optics and most of 
the government buildings.  As a result it seems a large part of the 
Seattle area is poised to be able to be WiFi/Internet connected.

I was a board member of the Washington Association of Telecommunication 
Officers and Advisor, the membership is primarily of those who represent 
municipalities in their Cable TV franchises.  We have had presentations 
from both the City of Spokane and the Columbia Rural Electric 
Association, both who have implemented WiFi in their fire departments 
and very large areas of their communities.  The fire departments are now 
interested in integrating RFIDs and WiFi to maintain real-time inventory 
of their equipment, personnel and triage of victims.

Has anyone references of other fire departments implementing WiFi?

Please advise, stay well.  Chuck




Basically you run their code on your ap and get free access to other fon 
nodes, and they charge non foners to use any fon enabled ap. My opinion 
is that  their motivation is not in the right place to be of help to 
community wireless. Its a similiar concept to what sputnik tried to do.

Ken
Ken
ken at ipl31.net

Casey Halverson wrote:

>Lots of hype .. its a gimmick.  They want to ultimately push into the
>wifi voip market with this network buildout....
> 
>You have to run *their* stuff...
>
>Im not impressed.
>
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>	From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net
>[mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net] On Behalf Of Chuck Lare
>	Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:19 PM
>	To: talk at seattlewireless.net
>	Subject: FON interest?
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>	Has anyone experience using or recommend FON.
>	http://en.fon.com/info/what-is-fon.php
>	"FON is a Global Community of people who share WiFi. Share your
>WiFi broadband access at home/work and enjoy WiFi all over the world!
>FON: small cost, great benefit!"?
>	
>	Is FON an open WiFi network to bring free WiFi/Internet to the
>community by sharing of personal WiFi networks?
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>	
>	Please advise, thanks.  Chuck
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