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hotspot
Last modified: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
A specific geographic location in which an access point provides public wireless broadband network services to mobile visitors through a WLAN. Hotspots are often located in heavily populated places such as airports, train stations, libraries, marinas, conventions centers and hotels. Hotspots typically have a short range of access.
Choosing a Hotspot & Roaming Partner There are so many hotspot aggregators who have launched that choosing the right one for a first partner is pretty confusing. It helps to understand some basics first.
Deploying Public WLANs Public WLAN deployment is much different than private networks. A 2002 article from Wi-Fi Planet.
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