Basic Internet Question

[MotherTucker]

This question os so stupid I can't even find the answer in any of the threads. I'm starting to have a horrible feeling that I've overlooked something. Just because iPhone connects to the internet doesn't mean sh** unless I'm near a hotspot right? I don't have wifi at home and I'm not sure if my job has it - am I screwed - I really need it for work.

 

[eplantz]

This question os so stupid I can't even find the answer in any of the threads. I'm starting to have a horrible feeling that I've overlooked something. Just because iPhone connects to the internet doesn't mean sh** unless I'm near a hotspot right? I don't have wifi at home and I'm not sure if my job has it - am I screwed - I really need it for work.

if WiFi is not available, the phone will connect to the Internet over EDGE (the AT&T cell phone system)

 

[MotherTucker]

Really? Thanks! So I always have internet? Why would anyone connect to WiFi then?

 

[eplantz]

Really? Thanks! So I always have internet? Why would anyone connect to WiFi then?

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wherever you have a cell connection, you can access the Internet.

BUT.... this access is quite a bit slower than a WiFi connection. This may be OK for email messages but trying to use web browsing is a challenge in patience.

 

[MotherTucker]

Ah ha, now I understand - email will be my primary function. Thank you so much. Wait.... my email is yahoo - uh oh.

 

[Spin This!]

btw: you don't need to use Yahoo's web interface to get your mail.. just use the client in the iPhone.

 

[MotherTucker]

Thanks

What's "the client" - isn't that a movie from the 90's with Harrison Ford?

 

[Spin This!]

A client—when you're dealing with the Internet—is considered to be the receiving end of a conversation. The server is the sending end.

In other words, a client is anything that accesses services from a server. Yahoo's webmail is a mail client, just as Apple's Mail application on the iPhone is also a mail client. Your web browser is a client as well but for a different service.