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FON Offers Free Routers To San Franciscans

FON, a Wi-Fi community founded earlier this year, will try to "Wi-Fi enable the entire city of San Francisco" tomorrow. Dubbed "Freedom Friday," the event will take place from noon to 2 p.m in Union Square, where Fon will give away its custom-custom designed plug-and-play La Fonera router. "San Francisco doesn’t have to wait for […]

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FON, a Wi-Fi community founded earlier this year, will try to "Wi-Fi enable the entire city of San Francisco" tomorrow. Dubbed "Freedom Friday," the event will take place from noon to 2 p.m in Union Square, where Fon will give away its custom-custom designed plug-and-play La Fonera router.

"San Francisco doesn’t have to wait for complicated, expensive new WiFi networks," said Joanna Rees, Chairman of U.S. operations for FON. "With FON’s WiFi-sharing model, we can really build a city-wide WiFi community today, by getting FON wireless routers in every neighborhood across San Francisco."

FON's mission is to stimulate growth of WiFi Internet access through its WiFi sharing community of "Foneros." According to the company, "La Fonera Social Routers, which are available for $/€ 5 to those who join the community, have a specific software installed that enables Foneros to share their home access points with the FON community, and in return, gain free access when traveling."

For more information about Freedom Friday, go here.