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Hiya folks, my first post here...
Just got my own broadband connection and Homehub3 and I saw, in my wirlesss connection box, that three signals were showing as full-strength services: my own connection, and also two public ones, BTFON and BTOpenzone.
I had no doubt it's my 'hub that is offering them, as I live in a very rural area - but, just to verify, I reset the modem and then refreshed the network list. As expected, I got the "no wireless networks were found in range" message.
What's the point of offering passers-by both services side by side? And I thought Openzone was the high-strength one found in city centres and airports?
I connected to both in turn, and found they yield the same IP address... seems like they're two doorways into the same room.
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Just got my own broadband connection and Homehub3 and I saw, in my wirlesss connection box, that three signals were showing as full-strength services: my own connection, and also two public ones, BTFON and BTOpenzone.
All BT internet wireless routers (homehub, homehub2, homehub3, business hub) have the option of sharing these extra SSID's BTFON and BTopenzone.
They can be disabled on most. Worth googling - for one thread see:
http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-Speed-Connection-Issue...
James - be* pro - on THFB - sync about 17.2mbps - BQM
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But in the OP's case best left enabled as the chances of anyone connecting are minimal, and so what if they do, and he gets the benefit of access himself all over the place.
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Well, I'm happy to leave them both running, in case some passing shepherds want to connect 
I just wondered what the reasoning was, behind both services running in parallel.
Edited by deleted (Sat 08-Oct-11 00:44:00)
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The fact they're not enabled but just broadcasting SSIDs is the problem!
James - be* pro - on THFB - sync about 17.2mbps - BQM
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I am not on BT and don't have a FON account so couldn't connect through that. However, I do have O2 for mobile which includes free access to BT Openzone so can connect via that. So, assuming that the connections may route to different back end authentication services then it would make sense to have both (especially for BTs maps of how many thousands of Openzone hotspots they have that just happen to be there because people don't know they are offering them)..
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Do downloads made on these two services count against a users download limit if they have one.
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The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband staff member. It may not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.
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what the reasoning was, behind both services running in parallel fon works internationally
openzone is uk
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If you are BT BB customer you can login both on BT FON and BT Openzone with your BT Total BB account information. BT Openzone SSID is for BT Openzone customers - BTFON SSID is for FON users - These are two different subset of customers for BT and they will manage the service in different ways. HIH
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