Why can’t you take your wifi router around with so you have wifi anywhere you go?
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No. Your wifi is connected to a physical copper or fiber optic line that goes from your house to your Internet Service Providers network. Without this connection it does not have any Internet and can not provide Internet services to other devices. There are devices commonly called hotspots which have a wifi router and a cell phone connection. These will use the cell phone network to get Internet that they can then provide to connected devices. Because you need a cell phone data plan this is most commonly used for laptops or other devices that does not have cell phone hardware. And in fact most cell phones can be configured as hotspots using their data plan to provide Internet to other connected devices. But using a hotspot will not provide you with any of the benefits of a dedicated copper or fiber line to your home such as reduced cost, higher bandwidth and increased reliability.
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