BT, an ISP, cooperates with Fon. That just means that it's actually their interest to get involved in the market, as it has the potential to compete with the cellular market.

As for the legal issue, it's a bit Grey, and doubtfully will stand in court. Maybe someone has examples?
Because the way I get my head around this: You can share your internet with your son, right? How about if he doesn't live with you, just came to visit? How about if it's just a visitor? Now what if that visitor stays for a few days? Or a year? (the really nasty visitor?) Can you share with someone you just made acquaintance with? So what's illegal is actually automation of this process?

You are right of course, but a bit short sighted...

Suppose you have an iPhone, with the new WiFi-only Skype application. Now you want WiFi wherever you are, even at a friends house, without configuring your device - it should connect automatically.

That's the vision: seemless connectivity everywhere.

Check out my company, at www.bzeek.com. We provide a similar solution using software only.

Bzeek has a feature to share your 3G connection for quite a while now.

I work for a company named Bzeek (www.bzeek.com). We provide a similar solution, using software only (without buying a router, just downloading).

We are planning to solve the security issue by forcing all public traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a server, which means your IP will be out of the radar. The "line" will end back at the server, and it's up to us to provide answers, in case there was illegal activity over the connection.

What do you guys think?

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