The Enhanced Mobility for Those Who Are on the Go

When we consider what a UK company is working on, the time that a big number of people will join the mobile PC users is not far. Last Mile Communications of London is planning to use every lamp post on the street as a Wi-Fi hot spot, which means any city could be fully wired-up with Wi-Fi capability, and using telephone line or broadband could become obsolete.

What is happening currently is, for those who want to access the Internet or their Ethernet network or their office or the myriad of services that are offered on the Internet, have to use what are known as hot spots, whose number is on the rise, 70,000 hot spots in more than 100 major cities around the world. Small cafés like Starbucks are on the lead, whereas there are a big number of other obscure participants. Restaurants, sport bars and fast food chains are offering Wi-Fi connection to make their business place friendly for their laptop-toting customers. Even airports, hotels, train stations, hospitals, and public libraries are joining Wi-Fi enabling in droves.

Every laptop that is Wi-Fi enabled is capable of spotting businesses that offer the Wi-Fi connection, and walking or driving through a street with a laptop on will enable spotting establishments that are enabled with the Wi-Fi service. If that is not convenient enough there are small devices known as Wi-Fi locators that cost around $30 and more that are small enough to fit in a pocket or a key ring, and just by pressing a button it is possible to tell if the individual is anywhere near a hot spot.

Places like Starbucks for example are charging money and it had proven to be another lucrative source of income, while there are other similar businesses that have started offering the service free. And this has put the popular latte outlet in a hot spot and it might even cost it customers who are flocking to the other businesses that are offering the service free, and eventually Starbucks might change their policy and be done away with their $6 dollar an hour, .10 for every additional minute, and close to $39 a month charge soon.