jrfkhe said:
yes, I do mean a wireless tower that I am right beside. I figure a router will be needed, am not sure if it is a true hotspot or not.
As poster 2 was explaining about standard wireless, the concept is that someone is subscribed to a DSL internet service, installs a wireless broadcast unit to send the signal through the air to PC's within 100 feet or so, so as to avoid having to hard wire them.
As for trying to get a signal off of a microwave tower, unless your some type of electronic whiz who knows how to steal a signal and translate it into internet service, then you would have to be subscribed to a service such as the one that I mentioned in my previous reply.
This service is not common, but available to those who want internet service where there are no hard lines.
There is such a thing as satelite service as well, but this is also a service to which one must subscribe.