{"id":85786,"date":"1999-12-31T00:09:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/skype-invests-in-free-hotspots\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:09:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:09:00","slug":"skype-invests-in-free-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/skype-invests-in-free-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype Invests In Free Hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet phone company Skype are helping to provide free WiFi access around the world by investing in FON, a software application which turns your router into a secure hotspot.Skype invested a small but unspecified amount in the FON community, which is designed to let people share their internet connection with other FON users.<BR>Once someone registers the free software, and becomes a &#8216;Fonero&#8217;, FON provides maps of where the new hotspot is located. The idea being that once you share your connection you can then use others anywhere in the world.<BR>&#8220;What Martin Varsavsky and the people at FON are doing in making it easy for people to access Wi-Fi anywhere is exactly what we had in our minds as a logical next step (to) Skype, so we&#8217;re delighted to be a part of the FON revolution.&#8221;, Niklas Zennstr_m&nbsp; and Jaanus Kase of Skype wrote on their blog.<BR>At present, FON only supports Linksys WRT54G routers, but the company offers discounts on compatible equipment. 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