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What is a Wireless or WiFi HotSpot or Hot Zone?
A HotSpot is the term used to describe an area or building where you can access the Internet without the need for cables or wires. Your computer, laptop, PDA or phone does not need to be physically connected to a phone line or wired network to access the web or email.

Not only are there no wires or cables to connect to the internet, but you also get broadband speed connections which are much faster than traditional dial-up connections when travelling away from your home or office.

HotSpots come in all shapes and sizes.

They can cover a small coffee shop or an entire town, and everything in between. The size of a HotSpot determines the range or coverage area in which you can ‘pick up’ the wireless signal and get fast internet access.

Wireless Internet access works in a similar way to your Mobile or Cell phone. You can make and receive phone calls without being connected into a phone socket. In the same way that mobile and cell phones receive and send data through the air to a base station or mast, your computer, laptop or PDA will send and receive data through the air to a Wireless Access Point.

Air-Net HotSpots are based on Wireless Mesh Technology. This means that a HotSpot can grow to cover a large area by adding more and more access points without any cables or wires. Users can roam within a HotSpot and continue to have access instead of having to stay in a particular part of the building or area.

	Wireless Mesh Overview
	HotSpot Diagram

Other HotSpot Solutions often require cable to be run to each Access Point within a building or area to offer a larger coverage area, or simply have a single Access Point which has limited coverage.

With the emergence of Voice over IP telephony wireless internet Hot Spots offer users the mobility of a Mobile or Cell phone at a fraction of the cost. Wireless Mesh Technology is well suited to this application as it offers a secure, scalable communications infrastructure at an affordable price.