XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/11/29 11:22:10, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
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   >   Yes, we (in The Netherlands) used to have such ISP WiFi hotspots,   
   > including my ISP. But these days most of them have gone, because there   
   > are many more 'normal' WiFi hotspots and 'everyone' has a smartphone.   
      
   (Not quite - I don't currently, for example!) Having a smartphone   
   doesn't give your laptop access, though, unless you configure the 'phone   
   as a hotspot, which (a) many users wouldn't know how to do, (b) maybe   
   some smartphones can't be [I don't know], (c) the service provider may   
   prohibit it, (d) the speed might not be as good as a home broadband one.   
   (Might be better, of course.)>   
   >   For the ISP WiFi hotspots, bandwidth taken from it's 'owner' was not a   
   > problem, because the modems provided a seperate hotspot with its own   
   > channel for the public hotspot function.   
      
   Well, I presume the two - though entirely separate - shared the   
   "bandwidth" available from a home broadband connection; I don't imagine   
   the provider paid for a higher-speed connection. The maximum speed they   
   promised their home customer might be a little lower?>   
   >   I think for FON, the public hotspot did (does?) use some of the   
   > owner's bandwidth.   
   >    
   > [...]   
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