for wireless devices to wireless connect to a larger network in a non private location it is noted that other embodiments of the present invention can provide an access point in a private location but the incentives would be different since all of the users would need to have access to the private location to use the private location after the access point is provided users seeking to access services of the access point are required to submit an account identifier from a service provider in step 402 such as a wireless telephone service provider if the account identifier is authenticated then the user is allowed access it is noted that the account identifier may be a single datum such as a telephone number or may be a series of data such as a telephone number password etc or may be a series of responses to queries from an authenticating entity the use of the access point is monitored and the user is billed by the service provider for that usage in step 403 this billing may be made on the basis of how much time the user spent logged on to the access point may be based on the bandwidth used by the user or may be billed based on another agreement between the user and the service provider additionally incentives can be provided.