Bloody BT FON!!!

[yourdj]

My laptop is linked with my home wireless server.

However BT FON has just launched their wireless service and every time I open my laptop it automatically links to this instead of my home server.

It has been a few days and its getting very annoying :mad:

I am running a macbook with OSX 10.5.8.

Any suggestions :confused:

[Jiggles]

I get that same problem with any Wifi device i own! I would rather connect to this crappy BT thing than my real wifi connection... No matter how many time I tell it to forget the network and never connect it does! Real ball ache!

[Booche]

Im guessing you have checked network setting's and selected NOt to choose the network automatically ?

I get a choice when i connect on which network i want to choose and wether i want to save the selected network for future use etc.

[Jiggles]

It kinda forces it all onto you though. No matter what you select!

[Booche]

It kinda forces it all onto you though. No matter what you select!

:( not had that issue before so im guessing its something i've got to look forward too lol

[yourdj]

Im guessing you have checked network setting's and selected NOt to choose the network automatically ?

I get a choice when i connect on which network i want to choose and wether i want to save the selected network for future use etc.

There must be some legal infringement as i do not pick up any other netoworks even though they are there.

I am going to buy loads of tin foil and cover my house in it.

It will then create a wireless hotspot for my server only :o


Yea man - beat the powers above and around us. :)


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[Marc J]

I am going to buy loads of tin foil and cover my house in it.

It will then create a wireless hotspot for my server only :o

You don't have to go that far: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/23/rf_proof_paint/ :eek:

[sleah]

I'm liking that garage.....:)

BTW, WTF is BT Fon??:confused:

[Charlie Brown]

I'm liking that garage.....:)

BTW, WTF is BT Fon??:confused:

BT's wireless internet around the UK?

It comes from the phone box.

[Vectis]

BT's wireless internet around the UK?

It comes from the phone box.

:D

It's a "secure" and "separate" (yeah right) 512K channel on your BT broadband that's beamed out of your Home Hub and can be connected to by any BT or Fon subscriber who just happens to be parked outside your house, downloading porn or whatever.

I do believe it's an opt-in thing, but if you didn't read the Ts & Cs properly when you signed on, you probably didn't tick the "opt-out" box and therefore are feeding the masses. How else do you think they got to 2 million hotspots?

On the plus side, you can park outside other BT subscribers' houses and download porn :p


I can see the benefits, but it's not for me.

[yourdj]

:D

It's a "secure" and "separate" (yeah right) 512K channel on your BT broadband that's beamed out of your Home Hub and can be connected to by any BT or Fon subscriber who just happens to be parked outside your house, downloading porn or whatever.

I do believe it's an opt-in thing, but if you didn't read the Ts & Cs properly when you signed on, you probably didn't tick the "opt-out" box and therefore are feeding the masses. How else do you think they got to 2 million hotspots?

On the plus side, you can park outside other BT subscribers' houses and download porn :p


I can see the benefits, but it's not for me.

so it could slow the users braodband down if I logged in?
and they are charging extortionate amounts for going through an already paying subscribers network.

Unbelievable. BT have always been rip off merchants.

I was in the Holiday Inn on sun and they wanted £15 for 2 hours use!!
they said "sorry sir but we use a contract supplier"

as if they are not getting paid for the privilage of them setting up the network and using the premises.
Its not difficult to set up a wireless network and administer it. Every other venue i go to lets me log in for free.

I would not have minded a couple of year back but times have changed.


I do not want my computer to log into this other network :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[DJJack]

Hi Toby.

I'm on Mac OS X 10.6.5.

If you click the wireless icon (top right, next to the time) then click open network preferences. On the advanced menu it should give you a list of 'preferred networks', and you can change the order - just drag your preferred network to the top.

Then it should always connect to your network rather than the other one.

Hope that helps. Mac's can be a nightmare sometimes!

[Excalibur]

:D

It's a "secure" and "separate" (yeah right) 512K channel on your BT broadband that's beamed out of your Home Hub and can be connected to by any BT or Fon subscriber who just happens to be parked outside your house, downloading porn or whatever.

I do believe it's an opt-in thing, but if you didn't read the Ts & Cs properly when you signed on, you probably didn't tick the "opt-out" box and therefore are feeding the masses. How else do you think they got to 2 million hotspots?

On the plus side, you can park outside other BT subscribers' houses and download porn :p


I can see the benefits, but it's not for me.

At a couple of places where I work, if I fire up the laptop at dinnertime, it connects automatically to BT Open Zone. Since it doesn't appear to be free for me to use, I have to resort to my trusty dongle.

A friend tells me that if you're subscribed to BT's internet service, you can use Open Zone for free.

Is Fon similar, or a successor? :confused:

[Vectis]

Is Fon similar, or a successor? :confused:

Similar.

Without double-checking the facts, Fon sprang up from Telefonica in Spain and has been adopted as a standard by a number of telcos worldwide, including BT.

The original concept was to operate some kind of micropayment system whereby folks who 'opted in' to serve as access points would receive a few sheckles if someone used their bandwidth.

But it's taken so long to mature as a service that 'bundles' and fair use policies have replaced the common-a-few-years-ago usage caps, so they did away with the concept. Or at least rolled it all into the service wrapper.

I would expect that at some stage the OpenZone points will be upgraded with Fon-friendly kit and there will be a migration of sorts.