D-Link Routers To Make Sharing Easy

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 25 April 2007

FON, a fast growing well known community WiFi sharing project has been a little slow coming to Australia, so this idea may just take on before it has a chance to arrive. FON is a Spanish start-up based on the idea that people share their WiFi and broadband connections with complete strangers in return for getting the same privelege when they are away from home. THe idea that it is free to use other people's bandwidth is different from, but much further advanced than Tomizone, which allows you to share your Internet connection to make money. However, a deal announced by Tomizone and netowrk hardware supplier, D-Link, may change all that. The two plan to put the Tomizone Wi-Fi hotspot solution right there in D-Link wireless routers. it will be available in the DI-524UP and DIR-300 wireless routers, at no extra cost to the customer, making it much easier to setup and giving Tomizone a great chance to penetrate new markets. Tomizone will showcase the service and the D-Link routers at CeBit in Sydney at its stand on May 1st to 3rd. Tomizoneis anew company founded only last year in Auckland, New Zealand. It offers the required Internet sharing software free. When a user connects to a service the company's global service platform tracks the usage, collects the revenue and the company passes it on to the the owner of the hotspot. Where FON offers free services, Tomizone charges a fee, though it is very low compared to regular commercial services. "We are really excited about the affiliation with D-Link as this puts Tomizone in the hands of a global community that are crying out for hotspots," says Tomizone's CEO Steve Simms. "It means customers will notice a new feature in some of the D-Link routers which allow them to secure their broadband connection and share it to make money." Tomizone sees the potential to 'share' connections and let users build a 'ground up' Wi-Fi Hotspot network by allowing anyone to share their broadband Internet connection and make money from it. Tomizone software also prevents 'leeching' or 'bandwidth theft' from unauthorised people who connect to Wi-Fi or broadband networks. "D-Link is delighted that its wireless routers have been selected to provide a robust, secure and broadly available technology platform for Tomizone's innovative Wi-Fi hotspot service," said Maurice Famularo, Marketing Director, D-Link Australia and New Zealand. "We look forward to seeing D-Link customers take up Tomizone's offer to make broadband Internet access available to mobile technology users everywhere," said Famularo. Australia and New Zealand customers will be the first in the world to be able to buy selected D-Link routers with Tomizone software loaded as of mid May. Related news items Voda Goes In-Store At Myer -26/08/2007 Doh! Phone Pirate Could Get Five Years -17/08/2007 Dell Adds A Splash Of Inspiron -26/06/2007 Dell Pessimistic About Laptop Sales -13/03/2007 Phone Makers Accused Of Tween Targetting -18/02/2007 Newer news items D-Link Ships Half A Million Draft N Devices -14/08/2007 Consumer Electronics Takes Interest In 802.11n -12/08/2007 D-Link Boosts Draft N Range -30/07/2007 Boingo Goes Flat On Global Roaming -26/06/2007 Wi-Fi Alliance Begins Draft-N Certification -25/06/2007 Older news items Easy VoIP System For Mobile Makers -16/03/2007 Draft N Inches Forward -14/03/2007 Agere Sells Wireless Patents -02/03/2007 Atheros Reaches 100 Million Chip Landmark -27/02/2007 Linksys Releases Draft-N For SMBs -30/01/2007 Tag This Now: