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In France most ISP routers also serve as hotspots for other people. So if you're travelling and you're close to someone who uses the same ISP as you, you'll hav
by rtpg 12y ago
In France most ISP routers also serve as hotspots for other people. So if you're travelling and you're close to someone who uses the same ISP as you, you'll have access to a (granted, limited-speed) hotspot.
You can turn this feature off if you want to, but in order to use it somewhere else, you need to have this feature turned on in your own router ;)
- Myrmornis 12y agoThat's cool!
- kubiiii 12y agoIt's a way to share an Internet access while requiring proper authentification of your guests, so that you will not be responsible for their behaviour.
- najra 12y agoSame thing is starting to happen with most ISP's in the Netherlands :)
- boboohaze 12y agoyup, UPC .nl user here, and I shared my router as a wifi spot, that said, I don't see to many oter public UPC wifi spots at least in the area where I am the most zaandam / de pijp amsterdam.
- RachelF 12y agoIn Australia, ISPs sell the WiFi on your router. Similar to ZON http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/05/telstras-new-wi-fi-network-everything-you-need-to-know/ http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/05/telstras-new-wi-fi-netw...
- zokier 12y agoComcast too: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/comcast-turns-your-xfinity-modem-into-public-wi-fi-hotspot/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/comcas...
- dalore 12y agoSame with BT in the UK.
- soci 12y agoFon routers (company founded in 2005) also does that. https://corp.fon.com/en https://corp.fon.com/en
- sspiff 12y agoThe two major Belgian providers offer the same: Telenet only offer their own network, while Belgacom is a member of the international Fon network. I think both providers only offer the service to people with more expensive subscriptions, but I could be wrong about that.