| Modern wireless Internet services have greatly | | | | useful for enabling Internet access in certain areas |
| helped people enhance the way they do their work. | | | | that are called hotspots. Examples of these areas are |
| Their role has become so crucial that businesses may | | | | airports, coffee shops, and hotels. Internet access in |
| become paralyzed when they cease to become | | | | these hotspots may come with a fee, but some |
| available. | | | | offer it for free to further attract visitors in their |
| There are three general types of wireless Internet | | | | respective areas. |
| services. These are cellular Internet, hotspot wireless | | | | Wireless local area network standards are used by |
| Internet, and satellite Internet. | | | | hotspot wireless Internet. An example of such a |
| Cellular Internet is made possible by a cellular | | | | standard is IEEE 802.11b, which allows connections at |
| architecture that is made up of a backbone network. | | | | speeds of more than 10 megabits per second. |
| A group of cell phones located in a certain area can | | | | Meanwhile, satellite Internet from anywhere is being |
| communicate using a common base station called a | | | | used for rescue services and other industries such as |
| cell. Cells are made to overlap each other to ensure | | | | mining, transportation, and traveling. This provides |
| continuity of communication. Mobile units of different | | | | better quality than traditional radio systems. To |
| cellular Internet providers are able to connect with | | | | enable such service, a user needs to have an |
| each other using the base stations and the backbone | | | | antenna that is aimed at the correct satellite and a |
| network of each provider. | | | | modem that will be used to connect to the |
| To further facilitate communication among cell phones | | | | computer. The architecture of satellite Internet |
| using different providers, a standard system has | | | | consists of an elliptical satellite dish, modems, and |
| been developed. This is called Global System for | | | | coaxial cables between the dish and the modems. |
| Mobile Telecommunications, which has made roaming | | | | The satellite dish needs to be mounted to a high |
| possible. | | | | place to ensure faster transmission of data. |
| Hotspot wireless Internet, on the other hand, is | | | | |