Hi Beverly, When you say " I to only have Internet through my hotspot. I wish I could find a company that I could use also" can you explain exactly what you have and are looking for? I guess any wireless modem or router creates a hotspot in a way, when you turn on Personal Hotspot on your iPhone the phone basically becomes a mini wireless router or access point and it allows devices to connect to it either by plugging it in to a computer or wirelessly and then said devices can access the iPhones internet connection. A wireless modem given to you by your internet provider is no different except it usually has some more ports to plug things into and it is hardwired to obtain its own internet connection. Such modems are either plugged into a phone line which is ADSL or they are modems from your cable company where the connection to the internet is provided via your cable line or they may be a fibre connection which is the fastest connection available. Regardless of which technology is used, ADSL, cable or fibre, the modem or router than generates the WiFi network which you connect to in your home. I left out one more type above and that is the so-called smart hub, some places it is called a My-Fi or pocket Wi-Fi. These devices themselves connect to the internet wirelessly just as a cell phone does, they typically have a SIM card and connect to whichever 3G or 4G/LTE network you buy them from (e.g. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) etc. Then again they generated a WiFi network locally which you connect to. These devices are most like what you have when you use your iPhone with Personal Hotspot.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Beverly Hunter Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wanting to understand wireless hot-spots better I would be interested in hearing about this as well. I to only have Internet through my hotspot. I wish I could find a company that I could use also. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:39 PM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Personal hotspot allows you to share the internet of the phone to other > devices. Your phone becomes like a wifi provider. > There are also devices that connect to cellular networks and create a wifi > network for your devices. With some companies you have to call them to enable > personal hotspot and some have extra charges. > > Hope this helps a bit. > > Ioana > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 20, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Terri Stimmel <icecreamlove...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> I have an older gentleman friend, who has an iPhone 5S, I believe. >> Technology tends to make him a bit nervous. But he tries hard to >> understand things. >> >> >> He wants to get a wireless hot-spot for his home, because he doesn't >> have internet from 1 of the companies that are offered out here. >> >> >> I want to help him out, and I can usually answer a lot of his questions. >> But this is 1 I don't really understand myself. >> >> >> How does a hot-spot work? >> >> Don't you already have to have internet, in order to be able to use a >> wireless hot-spot? >> >> I know that on our phones, there is an option to turn wireless >> hot-spot on. But I thought that you could use your phone like this, >> if you were in public, and you wanted to connect to the WIFI that was >> there, wherever you were. >> >> Is this not the case? >> >> >> He told me he bought a hot-spot from Walmart a few days ago, but that >> he was going to return it. When I asked him why, he said that it >> didn't offer good enough range. I don't know enough, or much at all >> honestly, on this subject, in order to help him. >> >> His phone is the only thing he has at the moment, for internet. His >> data is limited, and this he can't change. But that's a whole other story. >> >> >> Any help with this, will really be much appreciated! I want to be >> able to help my friend out, as much as I can. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> Terri >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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