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Satellite Internet

Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP)

A wireless Internet service provider (WISP) is an Internet service provider with a

network based on wireless networking. Technology may include commonplace
Wi-Fi. It requires several pieces of equipment such as a wireless card or antenna,
and a wireless router. WISP does not require a cable between you and your ISP.

Mobile Phone Internet

A mobile phone is a hand-held device used to send or receive voice calls and
texts over a radio wave. The mobile phone has a very wide variety of uses. Some

of which are:
Voice Calls
Text Messages
Multimedia Messages
Internet Services
Short - range Communication (Infrared, Bluetooth, hotspot, etc.)

Not all mobile phones can do the above. The mobile phones that do the above
computer based services are called Smart Phones. Smart phones are able to do
the above services by the help of a small microchip placed underneath the
battery of a mobile unit called Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).

Smart phones, apart from providing Internet access to itself, can also provide
access to other devices such as computers through a process called tethering.

NB: Tethering refers to the ability of a smart phone to share Internet
connection with other devices such as a computer. It is the use of