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I Feel the Need, For Speed: The Latest in Wireless Technology

If you have a smart phone that uses 3G technology, you´ve probably noticed that it works great to make phone calls and send text messages, but it can be super slow when it comes to watching video or surfing the internet. We´ll take a look at why these smart phones can feel dumb in the hands of users and also how 4G will revolutionize the use of mobile devices. Soon, surfing the web from home, in a car or on a street corner will be 3 times faster than existing wireless networks.

Right now, wireless networks are overburdened because data uses more capacity on a network than voice. One phone company has estimated that data cards comprise 73% of traffic on a wireless network, even though they account for just over 3% of the users. And if a person substitutes wireless for wired broadband, they'll behave more like a data card user. Basically, what is going on is the following'too much data is being crowded onto a network was designed to transmit voice and text messages, not download movies.

A lot of carriers ban certain devices or put on data caps, normally at about 5 gigabites per month. That is fine for most people, but it is too small for sending videos or downloading movies, or watching live TV. This is due to high-bandwidth services use up limited resources on the network, threatening to prevent calls or other services from going through.

WiMax, as this new service will be called, will even allow viewers to watch streaming HD movies from their mobile devices. All they will have to do is tap into the mobile broadband using a mobile air card'because the coverage will be for an entire geographic area, there is no need to look for a hotspot. Mobile wimax will be so fast that it can even replace cable-based broadband for the home and office.

This is really exciting because while for sending emails or text messages, this speed will not be noticeable, it will make certain applications that are now unthinkable, possible. Sports nuts often complain that they cannot watch their home teams play when they travel, but with streaming live television, a Red Socks fan can watch a home game in Taiwan. And if you like the great outdoors, you no longer have to be chained to a desk or a table at a café with a wi-fi hot spot'a large park that is in the coverage zone can become your alfresco office. Doesn´t the future sound great? And as the cliché says, the future is already here!