Andy’s Tech Blog

I have been a fan of these little white boxes for a while now. The idea is that you buy one of their WiFi Access Points (either €14.95 or €39.90) which have two separate secure WiFi signals, one for your own personal use and one which is available for public use.

Anyone who is already a member of the Fon community can use another users public signal for free. Anyone else can make use of this public signal by paying Fon a fee (as you would with any commercial Hotspot) which you would receive a percentage of.

You get the best of both worlds, free worldwide WiFi access from other “Foneros” when you are away from home. And a possible income from your own Hotspot with minimal effort required on your part. Fifty percent of the net revenue from your Hotspot is paid straight into your PayPal account.

You also have the option of allowing anybody to access the public signal for free if you are feeling particularly community spirited.

I have been waiting for this since I first found out about the Drobo.  The Drobo is a great USB/FireWire external storage solution with user friendly RAID like redundency (See this post for more info).  The DroboShare turns a Drobo into a NAS allowing you to access the files stored on up to 2 Drobos across your network.  The DroboShare connects to your Drobos via USB.