BT have shipped 500,000 of their Openzone Wireless hotspot boxes this year. According to their website, they're halfway towards building million strong wireless hotspot network. Why is this a problem...
The owners of these Openzone boxes don't even know they have them and you're probably one of them.
If you've signed up for BT broadband this year, the chances are you're sharing your broadband internet connection with anyone in your area. Picture the scene, you're sitting on the couch happily doing your online banking and you don't know who else is using your Internet connection. BT claim it's safe but is that really what you want? Why would anyone want to share their home broadband connection?
You can turn the network off but why should you have to do this? If it's illegal to opt you in to online marketing schemes, how is BT's deployment actually legal? What's even worse is that thousands of existing BT modems have been 'upgraded' and are now beaming out their illegal Wi-Fi network.
If you're a business owner, you might think this is great - attract customers with BT Openzone. Instead, what you'll do is attract people to your business who'll suck your bandwidth from your office computer and take up your seats. You have no control over your network and who uses it.
Phone BT and things get worse. You can offer Free Wi-Fi, but you have to buy vouchers from BT. Your customers can signup for a BT account, but you don't make any money. You have a problem, no-one knows who you are.
Why is all this good for PolkaSpots Supafly Wireless Hotspots? Because with PolkaSpots you can:
- Control who's using (or not using) your Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Offer Free Wi-Fi that's actually free
- Offer Pre-paid Wi-Fi and turn a profit for your business
- Re-brand the login screens to advertise your business
- Phone and talk to friendly people when you have a problem
All in all, we actually think it's a great idea. In fact, it's one of the best ideas we've heard of - the problem is that you should have the choice. As a small company, we don't have the clout to do such thing, nor would we want to. The good news is that it's bringing Wi-Fi to light and with it calls from lots of businesses!
So, turn your BT Openzone wireless network off... Once you have done this, call us up and order your PolkaSpots Supafly Wi-Fi Hotspot box!
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