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Is Wireless Internet For Me?

Better Living Through Wi-Fi!

Wi-Fi (or 802.11 networking and wireless networking) is the wireless way to handle networking. The big advantage of broadband Wi-Fi is its simplicity. You can connect computers anywhere in your home or office without wires. Computers up to one hundred feet apart, use radio signals to connect to the network. Fortunately, all of this radio technology is hidden in a Wi-Fi card and is completely invisible. Wi-Fi, in fact, is one of the easiest technologies that you will ever use. One of the best things about Wi-Fi is how simple it is. Many new laptops already come with a Wi-Fi card built in. You don't have to do anything to start using Wi-Fi, and if you have an older computer, it’s also easy to add a Wi-Fi card. However, it’s still new and has all the uncertainties inherent to cutting-edge technology. So, are you ready for Wi-Fi?

Consider the advantages wireless broadband networks offer in productivity, convenience, and cost over traditional wired networks:

  • Mobility: Access to real-time information while you roam around in the broadband network without getting disconnected from the network.
  • Installation speed and simplicity: Installing a wireless system can be fast and easy and can eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings.
  • Reach of the network: Networks reach places that cannot be wired.
  • More Flexibility: Wireless networks offer more flexibility and adapt easily to changes in the configuration of the network.
  • Reduced cost of ownership: Although the initial investment can be higher, overall installation expenses and life-cycle costs can be significantly lower.
  • Scalability: Configurations can be easily set up and changed.

Over the next few years, wireless technologies will continue to evolve and offer organizations and end users more productivity and efficiency by making them more mobile and removing distance as a barrier. There will come a time when a traveler can sit in any airport or hotel and surf the Web or connect to the home office and work. Users will be able to surf or work in places such as malls, parks, or with smaller handheld computers while they are walking down the street. Internet service providers will install larger wireless networks allowing users to connect from anywhere in the city. All of these things are possible and inevitable with wireless technology.

So what are you waiting for?