VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Social router company, FON, raises $13M amid new competitionhttp://venturebeat.disqus.com/News about Tech, Business and InnovationenWed, 07 Mar 2007 20:39:17 -0000Re: Social router company, FON, raises $13M amid new competitionhttp://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/social-router-company-fon-raises-13m-amid-new-competition/#comment-14673499<p>120K registered routers. But once you have one up you find no one else does, so why bother maintaining it?</p>Jon GelseyWed, 07 Mar 2007 20:39:17 -0000Re: Social router company, FON, raises $13M amid new competitionhttp://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/social-router-company-fon-raises-13m-amid-new-competition/#comment-14673498<p>"FON says it has a total of 320,000 members and more than 120,000 WiFi hot spots that those members can access."</p><p>They must be kidding! I haven't found more than 2 hotspots during the last 6 months and believe me I travel quite a lot, both in Europe and US.<br>I might be wrong, but it seems to me those figures are a bit inflated...</p>AdamWed, 07 Mar 2007 18:40:02 -0000Re: Social router company, FON, raises $13M amid new competitionhttp://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/social-router-company-fon-raises-13m-amid-new-competition/#comment-14673497<p>Big bet on what it seems to be a money burning machine. We'll see how it all turns out.</p>CovereWed, 07 Mar 2007 13:41:51 -0000