BT Openzone showing from my Home Hub

My PC is picking up 3 services apparently coming from my router:
My BB service
My BT Fon service - I undertand this
A BT Openzone service - I don't understand this.
I'm sure they're all from my router as the signal strength is precisely the same. Can anyone enlighten me?
Why is a BT OpenZone service apprently coming from my Home Hub 3?
Thanks
Paul
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The total bandwidth for "guest" users is resricted to 500kb. Openzone has been using the home hubs for a few years now, BTFON is a fairly recent addition to fit in with the international Fonera network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FON
I think you may find that BTFON users simply end up on the BT Openzone platform.
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