Telenet is planning to end of next year, half a million wi-fi hotspots to access the wi-fi connection its clients to make it accessible to other Telenet customers. This follows the kabelaar the example of Belgacom.
As a first step, Telenet in Ghent, approximately 15,000 access points open up, reports The Standard. The trial would in the course of 2012 further increases should be to eventually reach a half a million access points. Telenet wants to make the bandwidth use via the wi-fi functionality to the cable modems of the customers be decoded. So internet connection is shared with the subscriber and a passing Telenet subscriber.
To access the wi-fi hotspots should a customer with his login-data access questions. Telenet will be the sharing roll-out via a firmware update. Customers that their internet connection does not want to share this with the kabelaar indicate.
With the sharing of internet access on wi-fi modems, Telenet follows the example of rival Belgacom. This provider announced last month that approximately a half million ‘homespots’ in the air wants to by making use of the FON network. Also, Belgacom will have an opt-out methodology.