Over here in england, I believe we too have a stable base of 'free' providers - they make their money from recieving a portion of the 1 penny a minute the telco charges us to use the phone line.
Getting back on topic - employees, infastructure, bandwidth *all* cost money. So other than adverts, or straight up charging, how else can these companies('free' ISPs) stay in the black?
I'd much rather have an ad supported, stable backup service/'free' wifi for out-and-about than have to plug in and dial up....but then, the next question is, can we trust that these companies arn't going to suddenly turn around and introduce a pay model?
According to what i've been reading on NANOG, they have been improving the state of things by implementing various network-layer encrption schemes(MD5). Can anymore provide more detail?
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Over here in england, I believe we too have a stable base of 'free' providers - they make their money from recieving a portion of the 1 penny a minute the telco charges us to use the phone line. Getting back on topic - employees, infastructure, bandwidth *all* cost money. So other than adverts, or straight up charging, how else can these companies('free' ISPs) stay in the black? I'd much rather have an ad supported, stable backup service/'free' wifi for out-and-about than have to plug in and dial up. ...but then, the next question is, can we trust that these companies arn't going to suddenly turn around and introduce a pay model?
According to what i've been reading on NANOG, they have been improving the state of things by implementing various network-layer encrption schemes(MD5). Can anymore provide more detail?