Wi Fi Hotspots -What And Why
September 4, 2008
Originally we all had problems connecting via Wi Fi wireless devices because different manufacturers systems couldn’t talk to each other. This made the idea of WiFi hotspots a bit pointless. Eventually though, the Wi Fi alliance was formed to address this problem and soon set industry standards that are now followed.
Since the early days things have moved fast and now there are Wi Fi hotspots all over the place meaning we can connect to the internet while out and about. Wi Fi hotspots vary in size from perhaps an area covering a small coffee shop allowing consumers to work on their laptops while enjoying a coffee to an entire hotel or airport so that travelers can get online anywhere within the building.
Even some cities are experimenting making their entire city center a Wi Fi hotspot to encourage small business start ups as well as consumers.
Wi Fi enabled devices include things like game consoles, MP3 players, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and some cell phones as well as the obvious laptops. This list is expected to grow over the next few years and we can expect to see free Wi Fi hotspots increase world wide too and eventually internet access will be readily available in any populated area.
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