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Fonera 2 Router Upgraded With 802.11n, Support for YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Others
Fonera, the Communalist Wi-Fi Club, Revamps Routers With NAS, BitTorrent and 3G Support
Fontenna to Extend Fon's Range in a Big Way
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weatherman
07/14/09

In reply to Fonera 2 Router Upgraded With 802.11n, Support for YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Others
I'd buy one just for the USB NAS, provided it doesn't require Fonera to be in business to work like some others. I like the core concept of Fonera, and as long as they continue to offer good hardware at good prices like this, it might actually take off and become useful.
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weatherman
04/07/09

In reply to Fonera, the Communalist Wi-Fi Club, Revamps Routers With NAS, BitTorrent and 3G Support
I love the idea of FON, I just wish it wasn't hardware-specific. If there were FON software that I could download and use to share a bit of my WiFi with others, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But the fact that you actually have to buy one of their routers means that there are just too few to make it a reliable away-from-home connection resource, and that undermines the whole idea.

That said, if I hadn't just upgraded my router a few months ago, I would've definitely considered this instead, so long as it's 802.11n.
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JellyDoodle91
04/07/09

@weatherman: you can...thats actually how it started out. custom firmware.
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weatherman
04/07/09

@JellyDoodle91: for realz? I can get a firmware for my d-link? That'd be cool. Any idea where?
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