Thread: Mobile Hotspots
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Old 12-07-2011, 05:50 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
If you're interested in WiFi hotspots, you may wish to consider getting BT Broadband, carpetmojo. They operate a very useful system called "BT-FON". Essentially you agree to "donate" about 5% of your broadband bandwidth for use as a public WiFi hotspot (it's completely segregated from your personal traffic) and, in return, you get to use every other FON member's hotspot for free. They have something like 2 million FON hotspots for use; no matter where I go, there seems to be at least a couple of them in range. It works really well.
That's a neat idea, Harry - problem is we have recently signed up with that happy Yorkshire lot !
Their "bundle" deal was too good to pass on, given our usage patterns - free calls anytime, with Broadband.
And it's true what they 'baht their support - excellent, and you get through to a real person very quickly.Quite refreshing really - especially as they then sorted out the two problems we had super-quick....

The Macdonald wheeze is a very good tip though - I intend to try that !And there are probably other firms that do that - some research on the cards I think.
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