France’s Free Mobile continues to disrupt the traditional cellular model, now claiming the world’ largest carrier-run Wi-Fi network for data offload. It has opened up its four million hotspots to its cellular customers to add value to its proposition as well as reducing strain on its own 3G systems. Free’s parent Iliad has Wi-Fi embedded in the home gateways issued to customers for its DSL and fiber broadband services. Moreover, Free has a community element to its offering, under which customers share part of their broadband capacity with other Iliad subscribers, FON-style. The existence of this national Wi-Fi network, often backhauled by fiber, was one of the distinguishing features of Free’s mobile plan, setting it apart from the usual price-cutters…