BT Fon connection on Ubuntu

I am trying to connect with BT Fon on Ubuntu 12.4. I can connect to other wireless connections listed in Network connections, and my own using my key. But the BT Fon appears to connect but my browser says serve not found.
I have looked at endless Google pages on this question and nobody know the answer, or those who say they do have not actually tried it for themselves.
The best I can find out is that BT Fon connection can only be established in Windows, as Windows has a piece of vital software not available to Ubuntu. I can connect to BT Fon on my Windows laptop, so this seems to be correct.
Help would be most appreciated – even if it is to confirm that BT Fon is not possible on Ubuntu.

Well, it is very strange because on the Ubuntu forum it says you cannot connect to BT Fon because only Windows has a special software for it which is not available on Ubuntu. Are you really sure you are connecting to BT Fon and being able to log in? The log in is the bit that counts. I seem to connect bur Firefox says it cannot find the server.
I take it you are not using Ubuntu within Windows or in Virtual Box?

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