Alternatives
There are several alternatives to the need to piggyback. Internet access is available (on many data plans or inclusive) on many smart phones and PDAs. Although there may be browsing limitations compared with Internet access on a desktop/laptop computer, it can be accessed anywhere there is an adequately strong data signal. Some mobile phone service providers offer mobile internet service via a data connection from a laptop to a mobile phone. Also known as tethering, one can interface to their phone both wirelessly (bluetooth/wifi) or via cable allowing computer Internet access anywhere there is a cell network signal. Some jurisdictions have been experimenting with state-wide, province-wide, county-wide or municipal wireless network access. In the USA, Baltimore County, Maryland has recently announced a plan to provide free Wi-Fi access throughout the entire county. Currently, this service is being provided in the central business district of the county seat (Towson), USA, and it is gradually being expanded through the remainder of the county. These pilot programs may result in similar services being provided nationwide. Free Internet access hotspots have also been opened by a wide range of organisations. They may be found at Free-hotspot.com. FON is a wireless Internet router-vending company that has a specific Internet/network access sharing scheme which allows its users to share their Internet access for free to FON-users. Non-FON-users can also link-up, at a small price. The idea is to create a global, free Internet access system.
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Famous quotes containing the word alternatives:
“The last alternatives they face
Of face, without the life to save,
Being from all salvation weaned
A stag charged both at heel and head:
Who would come back is turned a fiend
Instructed by the fiery dead.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)
“The literal alternatives to [abortion] are suicide, motherhood, and, some would add, madness. Consequently, there is some confusion, discomfort, and cynicism greeting efforts to “find” or “emphasize” or “identify” alternatives to abortion.”
—Connie J. Downey (b. 1934)