When you hear broadband providers or your colleagues and friends talking about “wireless” they could actually be talking about two separate things:
Wireless Networking, having a wire free computer in the house connected to a broadband connection.
Wireless Broadband, this is a special kind of broadband package where you can use it at home, but also in certain places when you are away from home.
Wireless broadband in its latest sense is where providers give you the standard access to the internet over your phone line at home and then also give you access out of the house at special “Wi-Fi” hotspots. These deals are not common at the moment, with only a few of the larger providers offering them, most notably BT Broadband with their Openzone offering.
Let’s take a look at each in turn.
