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Hot Spots

For users of portable computers equipped for wireless, a hot spot (or hotspot) is a company providing Internet connection and virtual private network ( VPN ) access from a given location. For example, a business traveller with a laptop equipped for Wi-Fi can look up a local hot spot (access point), contact it, and get connected through its network to reach the Internet and their own company remotely with a secure connection. Canadian firms such as FatPort offer hotspot access using a Wi-Fi connection see www.fatport.com

The Wi-Fi Alliance provides a list of hot spots through its Wi-Fi Zone program. A number of companies such as Sprint and Cometa plan to provide a nationwide network of hot spots.

CNET News writer Ben Charney has an article, "Is that 'hot spot' hot or not?"

SearchNetworking.com offers links to more about "Hot Spots and Mobile Access."

The Wi-Fi Zone site lets you search for hot spots in a given area.

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  This site was last modified Tuesday, July 3, 2007