I would be interested in hearing about this as well. I to only have Internet through my hotspot. I wish I could find a company that I could use also.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:39 PM, Ioana Gandrabur <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Personal hotspot allows you to share the internet of the phone to other > devices. Your phone becomes like a wifi provider. > There are also devices that connect to cellular networks and create a wifi > network for your devices. With some companies you have to call them to enable > personal hotspot and some have extra charges. > > Hope this helps a bit. > > Ioana > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 20, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Terri Stimmel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> I have an older gentleman friend, who has an iPhone 5S, I believe. >> Technology tends to make him a bit nervous. But he tries hard to >> understand things. >> >> >> He wants to get a wireless hot-spot for his home, because he doesn't >> have internet from 1 of the companies that are offered out here. >> >> >> I want to help him out, and I can usually answer a lot of his questions. >> But this is 1 I don't really understand myself. >> >> >> How does a hot-spot work? >> >> Don't you already have to have internet, in order to be able to use a >> wireless hot-spot? >> >> I know that on our phones, there is an option to turn wireless hot-spot >> on. But I thought that you could use your phone like this, if you were >> in public, and you wanted to connect to the WIFI that was there, >> wherever you were. >> >> Is this not the case? >> >> >> He told me he bought a hot-spot from Walmart a few days ago, but that he >> was going to return it. When I asked him why, he said that it didn't >> offer good enough range. I don't know enough, or much at all honestly, >> on this subject, in order to help him. >> >> His phone is the only thing he has at the moment, for internet. His data >> is limited, and this he can't change. But that's a whole other story. >> >> >> Any help with this, will really be much appreciated! I want to be able >> to help my friend out, as much as I can. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> Terri >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
