Fon

(Fon Wireless Ltd., Madrid, Spain, www.fon.com) A company founded in 2005 by Martin Varsavsky that sponsors a global Wi-Fi community. Fon members ("Foneros") install a special router that lets them securely share their Wi-Fi networks with other Foneros who are in the vicinity. In turn, they have free access to any other "Fon Spot" (Fon hotspot) in the world. Fon's revenue comes from non-members who pay for access, and Foneros can share in that revenue when paying users log in through their hotspots. As of 2019, there are more than 23 million Fon Spots worldwide.

Hookup is Via the Fonera Router
Joining the Fon community is accomplished by purchasing a low-cost wireless router called the "Fonera," which hooks up to the user's network. The Fonera router provides two secure wireless signals, one for the owner and the other for the public.

Linus, Bill and Alien
Linuses (as in Linus Torvalds) are Foneros who share their Fon Spots with other Foneros for free and in turn receive free access to Fon hotspots worldwide. Bills (as in Bill Gates) are Foneros who offer their Fon Spots for remuneration, and Aliens are non-members who purchase a pass from Fon for Linus or Bill hotspot usage. See Wi-Fi.

Fon

(also Djedj, Dahomeans, or eastern Ewe; self-designation, Fongbe), a people related to the Ewe. The Fon inhabit the southern part of Benin and adjacent areas of Togo. Their total population, including peoples of related language and culture, such as the Adja, Mahi, and Ga, is 1.9 million (1975, estimate). Their language belongs to the Kwa family of languages. The Fon retain traditional beliefs, including ancestor worship and nature worship; a small number are Catholics. The Fon engage in tropical land cultivation, primarily the cultivation of manioc, yams, and corn, and gather the fruit of the oil palm for export.

FON

Acronym	Definition
FON➣Phone
FON➣Fakultet Organizacionih Nauka (Serbian: Faculty of Organizational Sciences)
FON➣Font File (Microsoft file extension)
FON➣Faculty of Nursing (various locations)
FON➣Freedom of Navigation (operations; US DoD)
FON➣Fiber Optics Network
FON➣Font File
FON➣Full of Noises (music)
FON➣Funding Opportunity Number (grants)
FON➣Fiber Optic Network
FON➣Force of Nature (gaming)
FON➣Freak of Nature
FON➣Freedom of Navigation (territorial waters permissions)
FON➣Firm Order Noted
FON➣Fuel Oil News (magazine)
FON➣Phone/Phone Directory (File Name Extension)
FON➣Fibres Optiques Noires (French: Dark Fibre Optics)
FON➣Friends of Nancy
FON➣Forest Outreach Network (King County, Washington)
FON➣Friends of Nature for Better Environment
FON➣Fiber-Optic News