So What is Wireless Broadband?
You can hardly talk about Broadband these days without mentioning wireless Broadband. There are two really applications of Wireless Broadband. There is wireless home networking and there there's wide area wireless broadband connectivity.
Wiress Networking
Wireless networking allows you to connect your computers together into a wireless network in the home or office though a broadband router or hub. This is oftwen refered to as Wi-Fi or 802.11. Its a great way of connecting computers to your Broadband connection without the use of ethernet cables, If yuou have a desktop, a laptop and maybe Wii or PS3 you can connect all of these devices to your Broadband connection easily and conveniently without the need for wireless all over the place. When deciding on your Broadband provider, you should consider if they offer a free Wi-Fi or Wireless Broadband router.
Wireless Broadband
Some mobile phone operators are now offering wireless Broadband. This allows you to connect a wireless Broadband modem to your laptop or desktop and connect to the internet through a Broadband connect over the mobile phone operators wireless network. This is normally using a 3G carrier signal.
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