ZDNet AU: “Free Wi-Fi: Where’s the Fon in that?”
ZDNet Australia’s Jo Best asks herself “There’s no such thing as a free lunch, so the old adage goes — but is there such a thing as free Wi-Fi?”, comparing FON to Meraki:
Fon has a slightly different take. Like Meraki, it sells routers to encourage users to pass on their Wi-Fi, but there’s no mesh involved. Fon users — so-called Foneros — offer to make their Wi-Fi available to others. Passers-by in need of a hotspot can buy some time on Foneros’ connections much like they would in a Starbucks or an airport, albeit a bit cheaper. The Fonero and Fon itself then get to split the revenue between them.
Read on at ZDNet.com.au.