[Wolves] BTfon - Can anyone make any sense of this announcement?

[Philip Harper]

***whisper***
you didn't hear this from me....

BT are in major trouble....and staff constantly leaving is just part of 
the problem


Andy Wootton wrote:
> Kevanf1 wrote:
>> On 14/10/2007, Andrew Lewis <andrew at monkeysailor.co.uk> wrote:
>>  
>>> Andy Wootton wrote:
>>>    
>>>> http://www.btfon.com/
>>>>
>>>> BT! WTF?
>>>>       
>>> Ah, yes - I saw this the other day:
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7027871.stm
>>>
>>> spline
>>>     
>>
>> Not having read the BBC report my personal take on it is.... a good
>> publicity stunt for BT.  It ain't 'free wifi' because you will be
>> obliged to share your home connection with anybody who is in range.
>> This would of course reduce your current available bandwidth by a
>> varying amount.  I suppose it all depends on whether you are willing
>> to sacrifice home connection speed with being able to access wherever
>> this wifi is enabled.  It'll only grow (this particular wifi network)
>> if enough people sign up and join.
>>
>> I didn't spot any mention of how secure this sharing of bandwidth 
>> will be.
>>   
>
> I'd be really excited about this if it was anyone but BT. Surely free, 
> wide-spread metropolitan networks with VOIP would kill them. Are they 
> trying to stop anyone else starting up a service by establishing a new 
> monopoly that they can control or am I missing something?
>
> Technically it looks good. Separate channels for personal encrypted 
> traffic and an open, unencrypted link. I guess they could channel limit.
> No, it isn't free but it's just a bandwidth exchange with other 
> community members. If other ISPs get involved too then it could be 
> great but if only BT is in the game then I'm worried.
>
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