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  2. Piggybacking (Internet access) - Wikipedia

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    Piggybacking on Internet access is the practice of establishing a wireless Internet connection by using another subscriber's wireless Internet access service without the subscriber's explicit permission or knowledge. It is a legally and ethically controversial practice, with laws that vary by jurisdiction around the world.

  3. Municipal broadband - Wikipedia

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    Wireless public municipal broadband networks avoid unreliable hub and spoke distribution models and use mesh networking instead. [4] This method involves relaying radio signals throughout the whole city via a series of access points or radio transmitters, each of which is connected to at least two other transmitters. Mesh networks provide ...

  4. Legality of piggybacking - Wikipedia

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    Laws regarding "unauthorized access of a computer network" exist in many legal codes, though the wording and meaning differs from one to the next.However, the interpretation of terms like "access" and "authorization" is not clear, and there is no general agreement on whether piggybacking (intentional access of an open Wi-Fi network without harmful intent) falls under this classification. [1]

  5. In the battle of WiFi versus mesh networks, the latter has ...

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    It's unlike a WiFi setup, where smartphones, laptops, or other devices connect to a router, which serves as an access point. Todd Rigby, a director of sales at Rajant, says a mesh network allows ...

  6. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    Hotspot 2.0, also known as HS2 and Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint, [24] is an approach to public access Wi-Fi by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The idea is for mobile devices to automatically join a Wi-Fi subscriber service whenever the user enters a Hotspot 2.0 area, in order to provide better bandwidth and services-on-demand to end-users and relieve carrier ...

  7. Private WiFi - AOL Help

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    Private WiFi™ protects your identity and sensitive information by encrypting everything you send and receive while using a public WiFi hotspot. AOL APP News / Email / Weather / Video

  8. Internet exchange point - Wikipedia

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    Internet exchange points began as Network Access Points or NAPs, a key component of Al Gore's National Information Infrastructure (NII) plan, which defined the transition from the US Government-paid-for NSFNET era (when Internet access was government sponsored and commercial traffic was prohibited) to the commercial Internet of today.

  9. PRIVATE WiFi FAQs - AOL Help

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    PRIVATE WiFi assigns you an anonymous, untraceable IP address that hides your actual IP address and location; PRIVATE WiFi solves the inherent security problems of public WiFi hotspots by giving you the same encryption technology used by corporations, big banks, and the government; PRIVATE WIFI also works for wired internet connections