How does mweb Fon work

[Curryboy]

HI

As a few may have herd, mweb has teamed up with fon in creating wifi hotspots (giving away free modems and range extenders). I am curious to know how this works. Currently i have possible scenarios so I am wondering if anyone has more detail:

Scenario 1

I have a 2 mb uncapped mweb account. Using the fon enabled modem, i have two wifi networks. What ever bandwidth (of my 2mb line) is not used, can be used by fon users on the 2 fon wifi network the modem creates.


Scenario 2

I have a 2mb uncapped line, my modem speed (when i log into the router) shows 8mb line speeds. The fon network will utilize the additional 6 mb of bandwidth left on the line

If its scenario 1, im curious to know how my bandwidth is prioritized over the fon user (ie when im gaming)

 

[mr_norris]

I don't understand your scenarios, but I'm tired so please forgive me...

I'm sure you don't understand how it works. I'm assuming you're talking about this special.

So for R199 you get:

- An uncapped ADSL account
- A wifi router and a range extender
- Uncapped WiFi in MWEB WiFi Zones, MWEB Fon hotspots, International Fon hotspots and Always On hotspots

The router allows you to connect to the Fon hotspot. I don't see how you can use your ADSL and the hotspot bandwidth at the same time, even if you have a hotspot close to your router.

It's one or the other isn't it?

Edit: What I mean is, you can use the Mweb router / extender to connect to the Fon hotspot, and then your devices connect to your Mweb router to access the hotspot internet.

It has nothing to do with your ADSL line. That's separate.

 

[Curryboy]

The router creates two wifi networks, your personal network and the mweb fon wifi hotspot, if anyone uses the mweb hotspot they state it will not affect your current personal network speeds. So i was just curious as too what speeds the mweb hotspot allows for and where the mweb hotspot bandwidth originates from if as they state it does not affect your personal network bandwidth