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What was the name of the Spanish company that offered a similar idea circa 2010? They had a big community branding and a catchy name – and the focus was on phon
by bertil 5y ago
What was the name of the Spanish company that offered a similar idea circa 2010? They had a big community branding and a catchy name – and the focus was on phone calls.
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoPerhaps you are referring to Fon, though their idea was quite different (‘democratized public Wi-Fi hotspots’, basically), and despite the name I don’t think they did anything re: phone calls. I think I still have one of their Fonera routers lying around somewhere (long unused by this point). Looks like they’re still around, but these days they partner with telcos rather than individual consumers [1]. One of the largest Dutch ISPs (KPN) used to provide access to their network on all their consumer modems until 2020 [2]. [1] https://fontech.com/fon-success-stories/ https://fontech.com/fon-success-stories/ [2] https://www.kpn.com/internet/wifi-hotspots/gratis-wifi-met-fon.htm https://www.kpn.com/internet/wifi-hotspots/gratis-wifi-met-f...
- bertil 5y agoFon! Thank you!