Niath » FON http://tiagoboldt.net/blog Rambles on technology Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:01:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 La Fontenna for just $/€ 2 http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/la-fontenna-for-just-e-2/ http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/la-fontenna-for-just-e-2/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:05:17 +0000 tiagoboldt http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=175 So, I’ve just received an email telling me that the FON community has just passed the 400 000 users. As a fonero, this is great news!

Furthermore, they are now selling their Fontenna for 2$/€ plus the shipping costs.

If you want to, feel free to order one, use my Promotion Code: A083804057403974

Update: It is possible that the promotion code can not be used more than once! I’ve not used it, but I can not guarantee that it is still usable.

]]> http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/la-fontenna-for-just-e-2/feed/ 1 Fon adopts Ubuntu http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/fon-adopts-ubuntu/ http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/fon-adopts-ubuntu/#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 12:43:35 +0000 tiagoboldt http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=158 The following memo was sent from Fon‘s founder and CEO, Martin Varsavsky, to his staff:

Dear All:

As of today Fon will disengage from Microsoft and adopt Linux in the Ubuntu form as our operating system of choice.

I would like to ask all Foneros to pls migrate to Ubuntu at your earliest convenience. As of next week Fon will not buy any more Microsoft licenses, nor install, service any new Microsoft programs on any existing computers. All the software we use will be Open Source unless a certain package we need is not easily available in Open Source format.

The whole letter can be read in here. It is always good to see Ubuntu being adopted over Windows. Nice choice FON!

Update: The last link was broken, it is already corrected, my mistake :|

]]> http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/fon-adopts-ubuntu/feed/ 2 Fon Router http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/fon-router/ http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/fon-router/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:58:00 +0000 tiagoboldt http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=99 Awesome! I’ve ordered my router freely from from FON, just a week ago, and it has already arrived. It’s installed and it really surprised me. It is really small, but, still, the signal is great, and I can login from my whole house, two floors, with signal strength always greater than 75%. The installation is quite simple, just plug the power cable and an ethernet from an internet source. The two networks become immediately detectable. I’m truly impressed, and recommend it to everyone! Go get your invitation for a free router!

Digg!

]]> http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/fon-router/feed/ 3 GigaOM gives away FON Invites http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/gigaom-gives-away-fon-invites/ http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/gigaom-gives-away-fon-invites/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:48:00 +0000 tiagoboldt http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=96 I’ve just ordered a FON router. I’ve been searching for a long time now for an invite. I’ve just noticed that GigaOM is giving away invites, and I didn’t think twice before ordering my la fonera router. This invite makes it free (router and shipping costs). It has got a private network, that you may use at home, and a public one, that you should share according to the fon community rules. If there are any invites left, they can be found here. Use and abuse.

Update: How the community works, via youtube

Update2: GigaOM invites are over, but, due to FON’s 1st birthday, they are giving away more router by their own. I’m already waiting for mine, spread the word! Get it here.


Digg!

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