basic Wi-Fi / internet question

[Anonymous]

this is for me & a friend of mine = Eh-Up-Ow-Do ..... when out & about on a laptop / notebook / tablet etc using Wi-Fi, is it free to use? ..... ie does it come off your 'internet allowance' as when you are using your mobile electronic devices when at home ..... is there a 'useage allowance' with an internet provider eg I'm with Sky for internet & O2 for mobile phone = I truly don't know & should I? ..... my friend is with Three

Also what does Wi-Fi stand for? ..... I'm assuming the Wi is wireless, is the Fi perhaps fidelity? as in Hi-Fi = high fidelity?

thank you

[perksie]

Wi-Fi is always free to use except in some cases like a hotel where they might charge, but then you would need their password to connect.

You would have to use it excessively to cause a restriction to kick in.

It stems from wireless fidelity and is a facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area

I'm with Sky too and your wifi at home is totally free to use and your guests can use it too.

There may be limits depending on whose wifi you're using, O2 for example limit it to 10Gb a month but most people would never reach that limit.

[Anonymous]

thank you @perksie for your post above ^^^^^

very informative & clearly written for me to understand

I have bookmarked your post to keep to refer back to as I need in the future, because unfortunately I now don't grip onto & retain knowledge like I used to, particularly as I am a novice with tech stuff, but I am keen to understand it ..... I am a strong believer in knowledge ie education ..... thank you again 

[Cleoriff]

Just to add to this Jane (about WiFi being free) When I go to Spain I can connect to WiFi with no cost ....everywhere I go. More and more places do this now (in the UK and abroad) in order to get your custom. Bars.restaurants, cafe's etc etc. Your friend needs to make sure he has WiFi turned on and mobile data turned off. That way he will be certain he isn't paying for anything over the internet.

[Anonymous]

 

thank you Cleoriff for your post above ^^^^^

what you say about WiFi helps me understand more 

& you dear lady, may have just, really may have just hit the nail on the head with a proverbial sledgehammer by helping my friend with what you say about making sure mobile data is turned off & WiFi turned on

many thanks

virtual kudos to you 

[Anonymous]

If you're on an unlimited broadband package with Sky, then you're already able to access the Cloud WiFi network, which is available across 20,000 locations in the UK:

http://www.sky.com/products/broadband-talk/sky-wifi/features/

And of course both you and your friend can access O2 WiFi (as it's free for anyone to register):

https://www.o2wifi.co.uk/my

[Cleoriff]

Great info @Anonymous

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
If you're on an unlimited broadband package with Sky, then you're already able to access the Cloud WiFi network, which is available across 20,000 locations in the UK:

http://www.sky.com/products/broadband-talk/sky-wifi/features/

And of course both you and your friend can access O2 WiFi (as it's free for anyone to register):

https://www.o2wifi.co.uk/my

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thank you very much Ian ..... that's very helpful

virtual kudos to you 

[perksie]

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@Anonymous wrote:

thank you @perksie for your post above ^^^^^

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Always happy to help out if I can. 

[Anonymous]

Hi @perksie

you really / but only if you like a challenge / 'cos I am / poor @MI5 / @jonsie whaddda think? ..... & of course our adoringly mult-tasking co-ordinating First Lady of O2C @Cleoriff  has outlined before on the forum & very recently how she learns, as have recently elsewhere 

just printed off this thread to be filed 

& now printer cartridges have been recently changed, but printer uses up ink like I quaff off glitterberry J20s

found a little more printing I'd forgotten I'd to do from last time ink cartridges ran out

thanx guys