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DSL Cable Modem T1 Wifi Laptop Wifi Hot Spots

The document discusses different options for internet access including broadband, WiFi, and dial-up. It introduces WiMAX as a new technology that could solve problems with existing options by providing high-speed wireless broadband access with wide area coverage similar to cell phone networks, replacing wired services like cable and DSL. WiMAX has the potential to do for broadband internet what cell phones did for phone access by providing universal connectivity anywhere.

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DSL Cable Modem T1 Wifi Laptop Wifi Hot Spots

The document discusses different options for internet access including broadband, WiFi, and dial-up. It introduces WiMAX as a new technology that could solve problems with existing options by providing high-speed wireless broadband access with wide area coverage similar to cell phone networks, replacing wired services like cable and DSL. WiMAX has the potential to do for broadband internet what cell phones did for phone access by providing universal connectivity anywhere.

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Think about how you access the Internet today.

There are basically three different options: Broadband access - In your home, you have either a DSL or cable modem. t the office, your company may be usin! a T" or a T# line. WiFi access - In your home, you may have set up a $i%i router that lets you surf the $eb while you loun!e with your laptop. &n the road, you can find $i%i hot spots in restaurants, hotels, coffee shops and libraries. Dial-up access - If you are still usin! dial-up, chances are that either broadband access is not available, or you think that broadband access is too e'pensive. The main problems with broadband access are that it is pretty e'pensive and it doesn(t reach all areas. The main problem with $i%i access is that hot spots are very small, so covera!e is sparse. $hat if there were a new technolo!y that solved all of these problems) This new technolo!y would provide:

The high speed of broadband service Wireless rather than wired access, so it would be a lot less e'pensive than cable or DSL and much easier to e'tend to suburban and rural areas *road coverage like the cell phone network instead of small $i%i hotspots

This system is actually comin! into bein! ri!ht now, and it is called WiMAX. $i+ , is short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, and it also !oes by the I--- name 8 !"#$. $i+ , has the potential to do to broadband Internet access what cell phones have done to phone access. In the same way that many people have !iven up their .land lines. in favor of cell phones, $i+ , could replace cable and DSL services, providin! universal Internet access /ust about anywhere you !o. $i+ , will also be as painless as $i%i -- turnin! your computer on will automatically connect you to the closest available $i+ , antenna.

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