ADs: Re: [IBWiFi] Sprint

Jim,
Wifi is not just any form of wireless access. WifFi is the trademarked name for a specific local wireless lan using the IEEE 802.11 a, b,g or n standard protocol and certified hardware that meets the requirements of that standard. The Sprint service you asked about is a cellular telephone/data service, not Wifi. But if you were asking if anyone here uses a wifi router with cellular data connections, then I guess it might be marginally within the scope of this group. I'll leave that determination to the IBWIFI moderator.

Both the Internet By Cell Phone and Internet By Data Card Yahoo groups would be great places to ask questions about the use of cellular internet connections with routers. That subject is discussed on both boards regularly.

More about the definition of WiFi here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi

Jim Dykes wrote:
> When I opened the message, I found that Gary Bagshaw had written:
>
>> You need http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByCellPhone/ instead of this
>> site
>>
>
> Thanks, but I don't understand why!
>
> Isn't this site about WiFi? Isn't that internet access or is it about (Wi)lliam (Fi)nnegan
> <smile>. If so, I'll unsubscribe immediately.
>
> WiFi, as I understand it, has nothing to do with cell phones necessarily, but wireless
> connections to the internet.
>
> I didn't ask about internet by cell phone. Perhaps you just glossed over my post, no?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim

Gary
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Gary Brinck
Onwer/Moderator - Internet By Data Card