[H-GEN] Wireless, the NBN and the Sun

[Russell Stuart]

On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 16:03 +1000, Gary Curtis wrote:
> Not just Europe. There are several of these routers right here in
> BrisVegas.  Follow the 'Fon Spots' link and zoom in.

Egad, another mob doing the same thing, right down to being open source
openwrt derivative:

  http://www.tomizone.com/

This lot are almost local - they are based in NZ, and already have some
relationship with iiNet.  If you have an wireless router supplied by
iiNet or D-Link, you may already have their firmware installed.  There
look to be lots and lots of their AP's around Brisbane.

The only one minor problem is: they charge more than Optus mobile per
byte, and data you purchase expires faster.  I personally wouldn't touch
them with a 40' barge pole.

Now for the twist: they are a roaming partner for BT's (British Telecom)
WiFi network, which is based on ... FON.

By the look of the list at the on the bottom of this page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Openzone the roaming agreements between
man+dog there is already a captive portal borg assimilating the WiFi
AP's around the planet as we speak.