whats different here from a coovachilli setup?
Its coovachilli with a community & book-keeping server that keeps an account of how much others using your wifi & how much you could use of others. Its very close to Friefunk project actually.
Griggi: A Wi-Fi sharing ecosystem for affordable Internet everywhere
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#13In most developed countries, this is against residential service TOS and could subject the operator to disconnection.
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#14As a Hindu, I always flinch a bit whenever the word Karma is used in all these different contexts :)
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#15like https://corp.fon.com/en#what_is_fon
Its like Fon except :-
1. There are no telco partners. We directly sell to consumers.
2. Data sharing & usage is metered. You accumulate then you use it elsewhere. Its called Karma GB.
3. We are also thinking of putting up a feature that lets you enable 'free wifi' if you are a cafe/restaurant owner and you need a DIY solution for your customers. Thinking of keeping it as paid feature.
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#16Interesting concept. I am usually left with unutilized 20GB+ at the month end. If concept picks up, hopefully I will be able to trade same when traveling.
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#17like https://corp.fon.com/en#what_is_fon
Its like Fon except :- 1. There are no telco partners. We directly sell to consumers. 2. Data sharing & usage is metered. You accumulate then you use it elsewhere. Its called Karma GB. 3. We are also thinking of putting up a feature that lets you enable 'free wifi' if you are a cafe/restaurant owner and you need a DIY solution for your customers. Thinking of keeping it as paid feature.
But, if I'm in an area where people are very unlikely to use my WiFi how do I accumulate 'Karma'? Do I then have to buy Karma?
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its like Fon except :- 1. There are no telco partners. We directly sell to consumers. 2. Data sharing & usage is metered. You accumulate then you use it elsewhere. Its called Karma GB. 3. We are also thinking of putting up a feature that lets you enable 'free wifi' if you are a cafe/restaurant owner and you need a DIY solution for your customers. Thinking of keeping it as paid feature.
But, if I'm in an area where people are very unlikely to use my WiFi how do I accumulate 'Karma'? Do I then have to buy Karma?
Ya, you pay to buy Karma GB & use it at a Griggi WiFi. The idea is, if the concept becomes ubiquitous, people will be constantly looking for Griggi WiFi when they are close to residential/commercial establishments. You may have someone using your WiFi too :-).
We are also going to put a feature which would let people manage their free WiFi hotspot with Griggi as well.
The vision is to be the default WiFi sharing platform across the world. As a user, you just have your Griggi username, password & you use it to connect to every other WiFi hotspot.
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#19As a Hindu, I always flinch a bit whenever the word Karma is used in all these different contexts :)
Ha, next you claim it is not an alternative currency you can buy to unlock more features.
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#20like https://corp.fon.com/en#what_is_fon
Its like Fon except :- 1. There are no telco partners. We directly sell to consumers. 2. Data sharing & usage is metered. You accumulate then you use it elsewhere. Its called Karma GB. 3. We are also thinking of putting up a feature that lets you enable 'free wifi' if you are a cafe/restaurant owner and you need a DIY solution for your customers. Thinking of keeping it as paid feature.
It sounds almost identical to what Fon was originally.