When you ask the average person what kind of internet connection they consider to be the most efficient and reliable, they are likely to answer "cable." It is just something that we have all come to associate with high performance in our telecommunications, and the rising awareness of ultra-high capability fiber optics cable and related technologies have only given such connections more esteem in the general public's eye. Of course, not everything is quite as simple as it seems, and today there are increasingly powerful and reliable wireless internet options out there on the market that are beginning to create ripples among the "cable faithful," not only because the basic capabilities of such wireless systems are beginning to vie with cable systems in terms of data transfer, etc., but furthermore because the freedom which having wireless access implies is disproportionately valuable from the consumer's point of view.

Cable connections will never go away, that much is for sure-without them, there would be no way to create wireless internet networks in the first place! Yet the need to have a cable line laid all the way out to a residential customer's front door is starting to become less and less urgent as new wireless deployment technologies and systems are developed at the regional and national level. One particularly promising and revolutionary new format has come in the form of WiMax deployments, which are helping reduce the amount of cable laid without folks having to reduce their bandwidth pretensions! With this ground-breaking (no pun intended) new technology, more home-based internet users are connecting into high bandwidth services without any cables reaching their house; all that is needed is a wireless modem installed on the home's exterior, and proximity to one of the network's many omni-directional transmission towers. With the deployment of an ever greater amount of these towers (which emit their super-strong wireless internet signal in all directions so as to achieve greatest reception among customers, and which have smarter solutions for distributing upload and download demands within a single communication cell, distributing traffic more intelligently), more and more sections of the country-primarily based around the largest urban centers-are becoming blanketed in wireless signals that are giving cable connections are real run for their money.

These new deployment technologies have been matched (and enhanced) by the arrival on the scene of the latest in wireless capabilities-4G mobile standards. Thanks to the implementation of these new standards in wireless communications, it's completely possible for mobile users to be plugged into multiple Mbps download speeds which can reach nominal peaks of upwards of 100 Mbps-a complete dream for any and all mobile users anywhere! In light of these developments, it's increasingly common these days to find people leading highly productive lives on the run, fulfilling many of their personal as well as professional obligations and interests from wherever they choose, having long forgotten about the cable bonds which used to bind them!




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