What Is Wifi, What Are Wifi Hotspots And Where Can I Find Them?

Wifi stands for "Wireless Fidelity" and is basically a wireless network which is broadcast in a local area so that people can access the internet wirelessly within that area.

Wifi hotspots are areas where the public can access the internet wirelessly in places such as hotels, airports and other public places.This is a great innovation as this means if you have a laptop with a wifi network card installed you can travel anywhere in the world with it and use any of the wifi hotspots that are in place at cafes, hotels,bars, restaurants, railway stations etc in the local area that you are staying in to access the internet. The only other thing you need to be able to do this is an account with a wifi service provider such as Boingo, BT Openzone, Skype, O2, Nintendo or The Cloud Wifi service providers in order to access the internet through the wifi hotspots The only drawback is that some wifi service providers charge quite a bit for access, usually around £4.50 to £6 an hour although if you are more regular user of wifi access and wifi hotspots then you can get unlimited access usage from wifi access service providers such as Boingo who charge $21.95 per month flat fee for that unlimited access which works out a lot cheaper heavy users. It is also worth noting that not all wifi hotspots have the ability to connect to all the wifi service provider's networks so you might want to have more than one wifi provider account set up for your wifi access so that you can access the widest range of wifi hotspots on your travels.

If you would like to find out where you can find wifi hotspots all around the UK then a great place to do this for free is to go to BCentral Wifi Hotspots UK Directory where you can type in the postcode or address of where you are going and find out where all the wifi hotspots are in that area as well as current access prices for each wifi service provider's access. 

Wifi can also be used in peoples homes so that they can access the internet anywhere in their house or garden. This is achieved by using a broadband router to send the wifi broadband signal around your house which can then be picked up by a Lan (which stands for local area network) network card installed in your laptop or second desktop computer. Wifi can also be used in office workplaces so that employees can move around within their work environment and still access the internet via their laptops.