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Cellular networks

Cellular networks

(ethereal music) - [Instructor] In some cases, the best way to get out to the internet is to use cellular technologies. Maybe you've got a smartphone and you send your data to a cell tower, which communicates with a service provider that gets you out to the internet. And I say it may be the best way because you may not be in an area that has Wi-Fi access. And it's not just a smartphone that can communicate with a cell tower. You might have mobile hotspots. Many people that don't have broadband access, they'll have a mobile hotspot that connects via cellular technologies to their service provider and devices around their home, like their laptops, maybe their smart TVs, they connect to that mobile hotspot. Even vehicles today might have cellular technology built in. This is where the car itself can become literally a mobile hotspot and your passengers with you in the car, they can connect their devices to the car acting as a mobile hotspot, which gets them out to the internet using…

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