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I should have used the word "illicit" rather than "illegal" and should have done a bit more research before my last post.How can using the the BT "Openzone" hotspot provided by me opting into the BTfon scheme be illegal?
That is exactly what the scheme offers; you let your modem bi fricate to provide a separate public access "Openzone" hot spot, in return to being able to use everyone else's within the scheme plus all the normal Openzone hotspots.
Having looked at the BT web site I see that BT Fon comes with BT Broadband, which is a service for residential customers and not for companies (including their reps doing company business on the road) - unless, of course, they have paid in some other way to use Openzone/Fon.
As above, I should have done more research before posting.It does not connect to my network as the modem has split into two separate channels; Had long discussions with BT on the security issues with this and they say is absolutely not connected.
Seems a purpose made solution, so I agree why did BT and the CC not go that route?
This is absolutely the main point - and, having now done the research and looked at the BT web site, I see that they actually did go down that route. The C&CC networks (being run by BT Openzone) can be accessed by BT Openzone customers (including Fon members) as part of their home package, just like any other Openzone hotspot. As BT and Kezone have a reciprocal arrangement, BT Openzone customers can also access hotspots at CC sites as part of their home package.
People who are not BT Openzone/Fon customers are required to buy vouchers to access the hotspots. The prices within this country are detailed under UK Access Vouchers Here and the prices seem remarkably similar to those charged by the CC/C&CC.
Graham