re: Google, Skype Back WiFi StartupTheir website claims that ISPs should be happy about FON but al I can see is a potential big increase in the DSL line occupancy (remember these things are normally dimensioned at say x20 overbooking).
re: Google, Skype Back WiFi StartupI know of a case in which someone used WiFi for just this purpose. He shared his broadband satellite connection with his neighbours at a remote site. After all why should they all pay the high cost of satellite service..
re: Google, Skype Back WiFi StartupIn my mind there are only two possibilities of what will happen here:
1.) Every ISP in the world will block this service.
2.) Every ISP in the world will turn off service to any customer that runs this service.
I wish I had the kind of $$ that Google and Skype have to throw into these ideas that essentially will never work. I think in both their cases though it has been much better to be lucky than good.
re: Google, Skype Back WiFi StartupThose left will be the pipes that consumers use.
Subscriber agreements are fine, and everyone needs to understand that the network cannot be infinitely re-shared.
But . . .
Just like your employer tells you not to do personal e-mail at the office, ISPs will learn that they must tollerate a certain amount of re-sharing of their network resources. The alternative - firing their customers - is not a win-win for ISPs.
Can anyone explain?