Hotspots are locations
with public wireless access points
where you can
connect your mobile computers (such as a laptop
or a PDA) to the Internet,
using standard WLAN (Wi-Fi)
technology. Most new laptops come with adaptors [sic] built in, and on
some
hotspot locations it is even possible to borrow a PCMCIA
adaptor [sic].
Hotspots are often found near restaurants, train stations, airports,
cafés, libraries
and other public places.
A commercial hotspot may feature:
However, many hotspots are open and free for use, either
set up by
the public or by a commercial enterprise hoping to use it to attract
customers.
source - Hotspot
(Wi-Fi).
(2006, August 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Retrieved August 30, 2006, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_%28Wi-Fi%29
Hautspot provides all of the above features - and more. Venues may
purchase "loaner" hardware from us at substantial savings over retail
or even other discount supply houses, and may even purchase inventory
for resale to their customers. In fact, through Hautspot's strategic
alliances, almost any technology gear may be purchased at or below
wholesale.
A hot zone
[or hotzone] is a wireless access area created by
multiple hot spots
located in close proximity to each other. [...]
Within the United States, hot zones range from
downtown
core area
networks to networked areas covering hundreds of square miles. Cook
County, Illinois (where Chicago is located) recently received
authorization for a county-wide hot zone that, when complete, will
cover 940 square miles.
source - Hot Zone.
(2004, July 28). In SearchMobileComputing.com.
Retrieved August 30, 2006, from
http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci996039,00.html
(emphasis added)
Hautspot, using WDS
technology, can turn a
group of smaller hotspots into a
hotzone, all managed by our central control
server. Wireless clients may roam freely between access points, much as
cellular users roam between towers while talking. Large outdoor areas,
large indoor areas, and even disparate locatioins within a metropolitan
area or on a college campus can all be integrated into one logical
hotzone using Hautspot engineering, deployment, and management services.