About Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi - How and where

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NAME:                   About WI-FI

 

DATE:                    July 29, 2011

 

MAIN FACTS:        Short facts about Wi-Fi and how and where to use it

 

  1. Wi-Fi means Wireless Fidelity. It is a standard, which is used world-wide by the Wi-Fi Alliance.  About 800 million products are produced every year using Wi-Fi.  It connects products like computers, smartphones, printers, cameras, faxes etc. by wirelss connections. The signal has to come from a hotspot / access point with access to the Internet . This spot should be no longer than 65 m away ( indoor a shorter distance ). More than 4 million public hotspots exist today.  And millions of private hotspots can be found everywhere.  These hotspots can either be open or they can be protected by a password.

 

  1. Public hotspots are often offered by public libraries. Most Danish libraries give free access to the Internet via WiFi. See this link ( in Danish ): http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkebibliotek    It is the same in many other countries.

 

  1. Many countries have a national overview of free hotspots:  The one for Germany is here:  http://www.hotspot-locations.de/ 

 

  1. Many cities offer free WiFi hotspots in areas of their city. In the US many major cities are covered with WiFi. Minneapolis was the first city to introduce it. Many cities in California followed.   In Europe more and more cities have taken the same decision. London will have city-wide WiFi by 2012. http://linearfix.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/londons-browsing-wifi-hotspots-everywhere-including-underground-by-2012/  

 

  1. Many more cities in Europe are developing a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots:

 

·         Milano:  http://milano.tonight.eu/free_wi_fi  

·         Rome:  http://www.wificafespots.com/wifi/city/IT--Rome 

·         Paris:  http://goparis.about.com/od/gettingaround/a/paris_wifi_hotspotsfree.htm

·         Hamburg:  http://www.wificafespots.com/wifi/city/DE-HH-Hamburg 

·         Berlin:  http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/free-wifi-hotspots-berlin/1471/

·         Brussels: http://brussels.angloinfo.com/af/501/brussels-wifi-hotspots-and-wireless-access-points.html

·         Amsterdam:  http://www.wifi-amsterdam.nl/free_wifi_internet.html

·         Stockholm:  http://www.openwifispots.com/country-city_free_wifi_wireless_hotspot-Stockholm_SE.aspx

·         Oslo:  http://v4.jiwire.com/search-wifi-hotspots.htm?city_id=2752918 

·         Helsinki:  http://ptp.hel.fi/wlan/index_en.html 

 

  1. Free WiFi is also more and more offered by hotels, cafes and restaurants around Europe.  Here is an overview, which is certainly not complete, as new hotspots are added every day: http://www.wififreespot.com/europe.html  

 

  1. In Copenhagen you can see an overview here:  http://www.wificafespots.com/wifi/city/DK--Kobenhavn   

 

  1. A special free WiFi service in public transport was started some years ago in the Underground in Copenhagen and in a number of railways across the country.  It is paid by publicity. It is called Commute Media.  You can read more about it here:  http://www.commutemedia.com/frontpage.aspx   

 

  1. An Irish-American company called Free Hotspot is also offering free access via Wi-Fi to the Internet in many places:  http://www.free-hotspot.com/index.php?lang=en  

 

  1.  Millions of private citizens have WiFi access. Normally it is protected by a password. If you get this password you can use your smartphone tablet PC or computer for free, when you visit them.

 

 

 

                     

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

 

e-mail:  kimbrer@gmail.com

 

 

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