I-hotspot nayiphi na indawo apho ukufikelela kwinethiwekhi ye -Wi-Fi (ngokuqhelekileyo ukufikelela kwe-intanethi) kwenziwa ngokufumaneka esidlangalaleni. Unokufumana ama-hotspots kumaziko eenqwelo-moya, amahotele, iivenkile zekhofi, kunye nezinye iindawo apho abantu abashishino bevame ukubuthana khona. Ii-Hotspots zibhekwa njengesixhobo esibalulekileyo sokuvelisa abahamba ngezoshishino kunye nabanye abasebenzisi abaqhelekileyo beenkonzo zonxibelelwano.
Ukuthetha ngokwezakhono, iindawo zokuhlala ziqukethe enye okanye amaninzi angenawo angenazintambo ezingenazintlu ngaphakathi kwezakhiwo kunye / okanye kwiindawo zangaphandle. Ezi ngongoma zixhunyaniswe kubaprinta kunye / okanye uxhulumaniso lwe-intanethi ye-intanethi. Amanye ama-hotspots adinga ukuba isofthiwe yesicelo esikhethekileyo ifakwe kumxhasi we-Wi-Fi, ngokukodwa ekujoliswe kuyo kunye nezokhuseleko, kodwa ezinye azifuneki ukucwangciswa ngaphandle kolwazi lwegama lenethiwekhi ( SSID ).
Ababoneleli ngeenkonzo ezingenazintambo ezifana ne-T-Mobile, iVerizon kunye nabanye ababoneleli ngefowuni ngokubanzi banabo kwaye bagcina ii-hotspots. Ababhiyozeli ngamanye amaxesha basebenzise ama-hotspots ngokunjalo, ngokuqhelekileyo ngenjongo yokungenzi inzuzo. Uninzi lweendawo zokuhlala zifuna ukuhlawulwa kweeyure, imihla ngemihla, ngenyanga okanye enye imali yokubhaliselwa.
Ababoneleli be-Hotspot bazama ukwenza ii-Wi-Fi iinkonzo ezinxibelelwano ezinokulula kwaye zikhuselekile kunokwenzeka. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uluntu, ama-hotspots ngokubanzi anika uxhulumaniso oluninzi olukhuselekileyo lwe-intanethi kunezinye iinqhagamshelo zoshishino ezingenazintambo.