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Starbucks under Wi-Fi attack
One amusing episode from yesterday at the Wireless Event was Robert Lang of Fon, the Wi-Fi sharing "community", revealing that his company is encouraging Foneros (people with Fon routers) who live near a Starbucks to aim their signals straight into the beanshop. Seeing as Fon's access is somewhat cheaper than T-Mobile's (the operator with the Starbucks franchise), this makes for an interesting and possibly effective guerilla tactic.
One amusing episode from yesterday at the Wireless Event was Robert Lang of Fon, the Wi-Fi sharing "community", revealing that his company is encouraging Foneros (people with Fon routers) who live near a Starbucks to aim their signals straight into the beanshop. Seeing as Fon's access is somewhat cheaper than T-Mobile's (the operator with the Starbucks franchise), this makes for an interesting and possibly effective guerilla tactic. Hats off!