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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.as far as this particular one is concerned, never been there so not sure if its one you have to go somewhere and pay for a key to unlock the network (any good network that's not meant to be totally open will have a security key), and hence have access to the network; or whether it is just totally open for anyone to use.
oh it will absolutely be the ISP that you have just hooked up to wirelessly. Your own ISP will not be involved in any way whatsoever.
Some trains have them, flat rate of �2.99, which is fantastic value, IMHO.
Unlike the sandwiches...very floppy, I didn't take many bytes, and ended up with a virus all the same.
Are many cities offering wireless internet as well? (i.e. airports, train stations, pubs etc).
Here in Munich there are many bars that offer free wireless internet within their premises. There are also other places where you get charged a small fee but the free ones are more popular. There is talk of transmitting across the entire city but I don't know how much it would cost to use it.
basically, if you're at home, you can have an ISP supply you with connection to the internet. if you want, you can then go and make that wireless (with something called a wireless router). your laptop then looks to see what wireless networks are available, including your own one. it doesn't know who's supplying that signal; just as when you turn on your radio, you can tune into the bbc channels or local channels or whatever - it doesn't matter who supplies it, you can get it. of course, some are "encrypted", or locked. this is to prevent for example you getting yourself a wireless network in your home, and stopping your neighbour from using it (thereby taking all your bandwidth!).
as you travel about, you may find other wireless networks available (the network card will be constantly scanning for them). if they are unlocked, you can connect to them. they are known as wireless "hotspots", and sometimes you can find free wifi networks that are unlocked - sometimes, outside an office building, where the wifi network has spread out to the street outside.