At some point, even for a few minutes it was offered! Changing out the hub does get round it but if/when BT push a software update there is a possibility that it will find your hub missing and remove the free WiFi link. I have one installation where it may have been the case.

Mine is turned on, but someone would need to be in my house to use it! My roof offers wonderful screening and the signal can only be seen indoors and on the side terrace - even 5 metres from the front or back doors, it is not visible.

I think the idea of making some of your bandwidth available to fellow users, is a good one. I am with Virgin Media and have bought a FON Access Point so that I can make use of the BT Hotspots out there. I can limit the amount of bandwidth that is available to other users but with 100/10 theres plenty to go around!

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Not exactly. You have to sign up to BT Wifi but you don't have to offer it on your connection.

That wasn't very clear until I read the later conversation between you and MHC.

From that, am I right in thinking that to use the service elsewhere, you have to have it enabled on the HH, but unless its (enabled) absence is detected by a pushed firmware upgrade you can get away with it not being available from your connection?

No, in order to sign up you have to be opted-in. But BT connections are opted-in by default so you just use your primary BT email address to sign-up. Now, if you don't want your Homehub advertising BT Wifi, you have to opt-out and then I think you lose access to BT Wifi yourself. But, if instead of opting-out you dump the Homehub, then you will retain access.

Alternatively, if you have a Vodafone account, you can get access to BT Wifi as part of that.

On the Business Accounts, at various times, the hubs have come with BT Openzone enabled or disabled. Mine is there for anyone to use - not an issue for me and it does give me plenty of access elsewhere.

Vodafone account, you can get access to BT Wifi as part of that

That is what i thought, but you cannot connect to this type of openzone wifi. Even though my neighbour has an openzone that i can connect to using my bt business login details, i cannot connect using my vodafone details. It reports that my nearest wifi hot spot is 10 kilometers away.
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In reply to a post by BatBoy:

No, in order to sign up you have to be opted-in....

That's what I was trying to say.