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You would be better off going to a few locations where you would like to use FON and seeing if you are able to see any hotspots before deciding to go with it (unless your are a BT Internet customer, in which case it is free).
A lot of the time you need to be parked outside / near someones house in order to pick it up, maybe if their router is near a window you can pick it up a couple of km away with a long range antenna.
In the UK, it's just much simpler to get a 3G dongle.
Had Fon for a year now..
Only every got 1 connection out of UK, tiny village in the middle of France !!!
UK I have used many times, sometimes around towns on my phone and when in the van usually with a long range wifi aerial.. My mate uses my connection from his home when i'm not travelling BUT dont tell anyone.!!
I still have a voadaphone dongle as further backup for UK use.. Dont think there is a simple answer to cheap mobile connection.
For the initial purchase and the fact it never runs out I think it was worth the outlay.
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As a BT customer its free with over three million hotspots in UK. Combined with my wifi antennae I am usually spoilt for choice so many are available. I've also used it with my ipod. Walk along any street and it will pick signals up as you pass premises. Totally legal of course as you use a separate part of the owners router and log on with your own details.
Abroad I found several cafes/bars along the Algarve where Fon was available with a button to connect using BT Fon.
This was the reason I changed to BT internet.
Jed
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Great in the uk if you have a good antenna, rubbish abroad.
I dumped my Vodafone dongle a couple of months ago and when we were away in the lakes this Christmas I relied on fon / Bt openzone and managed to get online 50% of the time but we were out in the wilds a lot.
When I can't get on wifi I just use my iPhone.
This seems to work for me both here and abroad
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Like jedi i'm with BT internet anyway and use it alot with my ipod, theres hotspots all over the place in UK. I've also got the Fon app installed but never needed to use it yet.
Can anyone recomend an aerial/booster for use with a laptop in a camper? I've used fon before but find it difficult to get a connection when inside the van.
When I looked at FON a couple of years ago, it was necessary to become a FON hotspot yourself before you could use other hotspots. In doing so, my PC became smothered in BT and FON blurb, which was almost impossible to remove. I therefore opted out again.
Is that still the case, or as a BT Broadband customer am I free to use Fon hotspots without restriction ?
I have asked BT three times so far, and have not had the courtesy of a reply.
[quote="ThursdaysChild"]When I looked at FON a couple of years ago, it was necessary to become a FON hotspot yourself before you could use other hotspots. In doing so, my PC became smothered in BT and FON blurb, which was almost impossible to remove. I therefore opted out again.quote]
Hi,
Not even aware it's on my computer. Fon isn't mentioned anywhere and I use Windows Live for my mail. When I use my ipod it will offer me three options:
My secure connection
BT Openzone
BT FON
The least intrusive broadband provider I have used. AOL, on the other hand, was a nightmare. I eventually threatened the nice man in India with the police if they didn't stop taking money from my credit card three months after I'd finished with them.
Jed
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