INFOGRAPHIC: THE WORLD’S 6 MOST EXTREME WI-FI HOTSPOTS

The World’s 6 Most Extreme Wi-Fi Hotspots
By KeriLynn Engel, Who Is Hosting This, 5 November 2014.

In the 21st century, we’re used to having Internet access everywhere we go. Whether you’re driving down the road following directions on your smartphone, answering emails at a cafe, or googling trivia answers in a bar, there’s no longer a need to be chained to your desk in order to go online.

Today there are literally millions of Wi-Fi hotspots all over the world, with the number continually growing. They’re showing up not only in cafes and hotels, but supermarkets, gas stations, department stores, libraries, restaurants, even hospitals. And despite security concerns and evil twin scares, the demand continues to grow.

But it hasn’t always been so easy to get your online fix while you’re on the go. Hotspots used to charge for access to their Wi-Fi, hotels piled on extra fees, and you’d never even think to check your email at a restaurant or hospital.

Those examples may no longer be true, but there are still spots where our Internet addiction needs to go unfulfilled. We’re still limited when it comes to traveling by airplane, or visiting national parks, expansive deserts, remote islands, or off-the-grid rural areas. Then there are places where Wi-Fi access isn’t just lacking, but purposely banned (like at the National Radio Quiet Zone), or places where most of us couldn’t afford access (like in American Samoa, which has the most expensive Internet in America).

Still, Wi-Fi’s reach extends much farther than most people think. Though Alaska or the Sahara desert might be lacking in Wi-Fi hotspots, you can still check your email atop some of the world’s tallest mountains, tiniest villages, even in select areas in outer space.

Planning on a trip and need Wi-Fi access while you’re on the go? You don’t have to cross off all the remote areas on your list. It may just surprise you where you’re able to log in.

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