I-hotspot yinoma iyiphi indawo lapho ukufinyelela kwenethiwekhi ye-Wi-Fi (ngokuvamile ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi) kwenziwa khona obala. Ngokuvamile ungathola izindawo zokuhlala ezikhungweni zezindiza, amahotela, izitolo zekhofi, nezinye izindawo lapho abantu bebhizinisi bevame ukubuthana khona. Ama-Hotspots abhekwa njengethuluzi elibalulekile lokukhiqiza abahamba ngebhizinisi kanye nabanye abasebenzisi abavamile bezinsizakalo zenethiwekhi.
Uma ukhuluma ngokuqondile, izindawo zokuhlala zihlanganisa nendawo eyodwa noma eziningana zokufinyelela ezingenazintambo ezifakiwe ngaphakathi kwezakhiwo kanye / noma ezihlangene nezindawo zangaphandle. Lawa maphuzu ngokuvamile ahlanganiswe namaphrinta kanye / noma uxhumano lwe-intanethi oluphezulu olubiwe. Amanye ama-hotspots adinga ukuthi isofthiwe yesicelo esikhethekile ifakwe kwi-Wi-Fi iklayenti, ikakhulukazi ngezinhloso zokukhokha nokuphepha, kodwa ezinye azidingi ukucushwa ngaphandle kolwazi lwegama lenethiwekhi ( SSID ).
Abanikezeli bezinsizakalo ezingenazintambo ezifana ne-T-Mobile, i-Verizon nabanye abahlinzeki bamakhalekhukhwini bavame ukugcina nokugcina izindawo zokuhlala. Ngokuvamile ama-Hobbyists akha ama-hotspots, ngokuvamile ngenxa yenhloso engeyona inzuzo. Iningi lama-hotspots lifuna ukukhokhwa kwemali yehora, yansuku zonke, inyanga zonke, noma enye imali yokubhaliselwa.
Abahlinzeki be-Hotspot balwela ukwenza amaklayenti axhunyiwe we-Wi-Fi alula futhi avikeleke ngangokunokwenzeka. Kodwa-ke, ekubeni umphakathi, izindawo zokuhlala zihlinzeka ngokuxhumeka kwe-intanethi okuphephile kunamanye amanethiwekhi angenazintambo ezingenantambo.