More practically, your traveling companions can hop online simultaneously, sharing the Internet signal and the $10 fee.
Computers will pick up wireless Internet signals from small transmitters installed inside or outside buildings.
Now, the fact that it's so easy to intercept your Internet signals in a public hot spot doesn't mean that somebody is *doing* it.
The router converts the Internet signals from your connection and broadcasts it into your computer.
Above all, Wi-Fi lets lots of computers share the same Internet signal.
Assuming one could receive a wireless Internet signal in the car, such a system could increase the time and money a consumer spent online.
The Internet signal extends throughout the terminal including the gates and lobby and 300 feet outside the building.
Access over phone lines can be slower if the customer is far from the switching office, where the Internet signal originates.
That's where you're likely to find a "hot spot," an area of live Internet signal that's within about 150 feet of a wireless base station.
A camera, projector, special hardware and Internet signal allow students to travel the globe without ever leaving the classroom.