One particularly cool trend is the development of the Wi-Fi hot spots. If you’ve ever stepped foot in a Starbucks or Barnes & Noble (or one of several other retail locations who’ve gotten into wireless networking big-time), you’ve already been in a hot spot. Simply put (and we add in the details in Chapters 9 and 12), a hot spot is an area with publicly available high-speed Internet access via a Wi-Fi network.
Depending upon who’s counting and what exactly they are counting (somefolks only count “for-pay” or “official” hot spots), anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands of hot spots exist in the U.S., and more worldwide.
Wi-Fi has become a common term that just about everyone knows, so too the term hot spot become a part of the zeitgeist. Hot spots can be found in some of the most unusual places. where you can surf the Web and the waves!)
Depending upon who’s counting and what exactly they are counting (somefolks only count “for-pay” or “official” hot spots), anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands of hot spots exist in the U.S., and more worldwide.
Wi-Fi has become a common term that just about everyone knows, so too the term hot spot become a part of the zeitgeist. Hot spots can be found in some of the most unusual places. where you can surf the Web and the waves!)
