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FON $5 router & Bills launched June 26, 2006

A whole lot of new stuff on the newly designed FON.com website: now, you can get a Linksys Milk your WiFi! router for only $5 and as of today Foneros can earn money if they decide to become a Bill. It works like this: you become a Fonero by either flashing your router with FON firmware or by purchasing a FON router (for 5 bucks you might just want to go ahead and order one :-). Now, at some point during registration you will be asked to either become a Linus or a Bill. A Linus can roam for free but gets no money from paying Aliens, a Bill gets half of the income of one's hotspot but can not roam for free. Bills receive earned money in $30 increments via PayPal. If you happen to live close to high-frequency places and/ or become a Super Bill (offering multiple access points), you might be able to make a living out of it.