BT Openzone - how does it work?

[Tunney]

To cut a long story short, BT really botched my BT Infintiy order and left me with no home Internet connection for a week.

As an interim solution to my lack of Internet, they suggested connecting to BT Openzone. I was skeptical that there would be a hotspot within range of my flat but, lo and behold, my PC found two BT Openzone access points to connect to. It was slow and a bit flakey but it did work.

So, my is question - where are these access points located? Has BT rigged up every lamppost in the country with an access point? Or are they leeching bandwidth off everyone with a BT Home Hub?

 

[Tunney]

Cool, that's how I assumed it worked. I can't see it using up a great deal of people's bandwidth. I noticed it slowed down considerably during evenings so I'm guessing that it prioritises the owner's traffic.