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Free Wi-Fi Router Promotion for San Francisco and NY

2006-10-27 09:01 by

 

Spanish startup FON says it will offer free Wi-Fi wireless routers to San Francisco residents at an event Friday.

The company is promoting a Wi-Fi sharing model via which it hopes to build out a global Wi-Fi network.

FON members plug the routers, called La Foneras, into their home broadband and set up a private in-home hotspot. They also share a certain amount of wireless Internet access with other members, and in turn get free Wi-Fi at other Fonera access points.

"With FON's Wi-Fi sharing model, we can really build a city-wide Wi-Fi community today, by getting FON wireless routers in every neighborhood across San Francisco," said Joanna Rees, chairman of U.S. operations for FON, in a prepared statement.

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