Comments on: Fon Inks Deal With British Telecom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/ Startup and Tech News Sat, 17 May 2008 07:02:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Fon Raises Another $9.5 Million In C Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-2160633 www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Fon Raises Another $9.5 Million In C Round Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:52:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-2160633 [...] in a C round led by Coral Capital Management. Also investing was British Telecom (which struck a distribution partnership with Fon last October), Google (a previous investor), investment bank Allen & Co., founder [...] […] in a C round led by Coral Capital Management. Also investing was British Telecom (which struck a distribution partnership with Fon last October), Google (a previous investor), investment bank Allen & Co., founder […]

]]> By: Fon Raises Another $9.5 Million In C Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-2160405 Fon Raises Another $9.5 Million In C Round Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:52:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-2160405 [...] in a C round led by Coral Capital Management. Also investing was British Telecom (which struck a distribution partnership with Fon last October), Google (a previous investor), investment bank Allen & Co., founder [...] […] in a C round led by Coral Capital Management. Also investing was British Telecom (which struck a distribution partnership with Fon last October), Google (a previous investor), investment bank Allen & Co., founder […]

]]> By: FONtrepreneur: Program Failure http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1861162 FONtrepreneur: Program Failure Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:18:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1861162 [...] More about Fon at BusinessWeek and Techcrunch. [...] […] More about Fon at BusinessWeek and Techcrunch. […]

]]> By: Technology Media Telecom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1659945 Technology Media Telecom Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:13:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1659945 I'm not sure if FON is a viable business model. Regardless, perhaps the more interesting storyline is BT making the commitment to experiment with new applications. As an incumbent Telco, they're one of the more forward-looking broadband service providers. The separation of the retail and wholesale channel seems to be working for them, and their customers. I’m not sure if FON is a viable business model. Regardless, perhaps the more interesting storyline is BT making the commitment to experiment with new applications.

As an incumbent Telco, they’re one of the more forward-looking broadband service providers. The separation of the retail and wholesale channel seems to be working for them, and their customers.

]]> By: phenom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658672 phenom Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:18:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658672 I have hearing this for such a long time....looks like it is really a hype I have hearing this for such a long time….looks like it is really a hype

]]> By: Stephen Lev http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658427 Stephen Lev Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:13:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658427 FON is pure hype. No one runs these hotspots and WiFi wants to be free. They basically took the money from VCs and gave it too Cisco to buy APs and gave those away. More than half of those are not alive anymore. Heh. Like poster #2 says, write a real story on them. Enough of this BS. FON is pure hype. No one runs these hotspots and WiFi wants to be free. They basically took the money from VCs and gave it too Cisco to buy APs and gave those away. More than half of those are not alive anymore. Heh.

Like poster #2 says, write a real story on them. Enough of this BS.

]]> By: doh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658392 doh Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:30:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658392 that 190K number is plain bullshit, just plug on to Fon and youll see that not even a 1% os those hotspots are functional. 190K maybe is the number of linksys routers they bought with Google and all those VC's money and gave out mostly for free. FON is just vaporware, it's about time decent and serious websites like Techcrunch make a real comment about FON and not just PR hype/bullshit. that 190K number is plain bullshit, just plug on to Fon and youll see that not even a 1% os those hotspots are functional. 190K maybe is the number of linksys routers they bought with Google and all those VC’s money and gave out mostly for free. FON is just vaporware, it’s about time decent and serious websites like Techcrunch make a real comment about FON and not just PR hype/bullshit.

]]> By: Boris http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658317 Boris Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:29:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/04/fon-inks-deal-with-british-telecom/#comment-1658317 I still wonder how FON could ever become popular. 99% of homes just aren't interesting as a hotspot. 190.000 seems like a great number but not if those hotspots are all hidden and in practice only available to one person who installed it. I still wonder how FON could ever become popular. 99% of homes just aren’t interesting as a hotspot. 190.000 seems like a great number but not if those hotspots are all hidden and in practice only available to one person who installed it.

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