Broadband access to the Internet is becoming more and more of a necessity all the time in order to be effective in business and our personal lives. However, getting access- and maintaining that access wherever you go- isn't always the easiest thing in the world to do. In some places getting on the Internet at a high speed is easy to do. For example, your office probably has a T1 connection, or if it's a small business it may have a cable based high speed Internet connection or maybe even some form of DSL. If you take your work on the road with you; bookstores, coffee shops, hotel rooms, airports, libraries, and even some fast food restaurants can all offer wireless hot spots. But sometimes you need to connect to the Internet from other places like your car, a client's home, or even the beach. There is a solution to this dilemma, and it's the same solution that most mobile phones use to access the Internet. It's called a 3G network and Cingular has an array of products that allow you to access what's essentially a wide area, broadband wireless hot spot.
The most basic way to access the 3G network is to get a special wireless card that fits into an open slot in your lap top computer. With this option you'll be able to get on the Internet when you have line of sight of a cell phone tower rather than just within the range of a wireless router. This greatly increases the number of areas in which you can get on the Internet. You'll be able to access files form servers at work, program your DVR to record a great new TV show that you just heard about, check up on your home computer, and possibly even use a VOIP service through this kind of broadband connection in order to save money. (Though Cingular does let you bundle voice services with its 3G Internet access services.
Another way that you can get onto the 3G network is to simply connect your phone to your laptop and use it as a cellular modem. There are several ways to do this, but the major requirement in addition to the phone and the laptop is the service plan, special software- which is free to download- and some way of connecting the phone and the laptop. While you may use a USB cable or a serial cable, in some cases you'll be able to use an infrared connection or Bluetooth technology for even more convenience!
Perhaps the most convenient way to take advantage of the 3G network is to have the cellular modem hardware built into your laptop itself. Right now you can get Dell and Sony laptops among others with 3G cellular modems built into them. Of course that's probably the easiest way to get access to the Internet through your laptop no matter where you take it. That's because anytime you try to install a new device in you're laptop you can't be one hundred percent sure that it will work, and even if you know how to coax it into working, there's no guarantee that it will work smoothly. Having it installed in the factory will eliminate a lot of hassle.
In all, this technology is a great way to stay connected no matter what you do or where you go!
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