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    The founders of the wireless internet firm MobileStar Networks dissolved the company in 1998 and created a new firm to focus on signing public locations like Starbucks, American Airlines, and Hilton Hotels to provide wireless internet access through newly popular "hotspots". Deutsche Telekom acquired the company in 2001 and converted it to "T-Mobile Hotspot", helping the term "hotspot" enter common parlance. Public hotspots allowed people to use laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices to access the internet through the wireless connections provided at participating venues like airports and hotels.

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    The founders of the wireless internet firm MobileStar Networks dissolved the company in 1998 and created a new firm to focus on signing public locations like Starbucks, American Airlines, and Hilton Hotels to provide wireless internet access through newly popular "hotspots". Deutsche Telekom acquired the company in 2001 and converted it to "T-Mobile Hotspot", helping the term "hotspot" enter common parlance. Public hotspots allowed people to use laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices to access the internet through the wireless connections provided at participating venues like airports and hotels.

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    The founders of the wireless internet firm MobileStar Networks dissolved the company in 1998 and created a new firm to focus on signing public locations like Starbucks, American Airlines, and Hilton Hotels to provide wireless internet access through newly popular "hotspots". Deutsche Telekom acquired the company in 2001 and converted it to "T-Mobile Hotspot", helping the term "hotspot" enter common parlance. Public hotspots allowed people to use laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices to access the internet through the wireless connections provided at participating venues like airports and hotels.

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    venture, Mark Goode, Greg Jackson, and Brett Stewart dissolved the firm in 1998, while Goode and

    Jackson
    created MobileStar Networks. The firm was one of the first to sign such public access locations as
    Starbucks,[2] American Airlines,[3] and Hilton Hotels.[4] The company was sold to Deutsche Telecom in 2001,
    who then converted the name of the firm into "T-Mobile Hotspot." It was then that the term "hotspot" entered
    the popular vernacular as a reference to a location where a publicly accessible wireless LAN is available.

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    The public can use a laptop or other suitable portable device to access the wireless connection (usually Wi-Fi)
    provided. Of the estimated 150 million laptops, 14 million PDAs, and other emerging Wi-Fi devices sold per
    year for the last few years, most include the Wi-Fi feature.
    For venues that have broadband Internet access, offering wireless access is as simple as configuring
    one access point (AP), in conjunction with a router and connecting the AP to the Internet connection. A single
    wireless router combining these functions may suffice.[5]

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