From Baltimore to Atlanta, The Increasing Popularity of WiMax

The world wide web was already one of the most important inventions of the past two decades

, but the fact that it's now accessible from anywhere has made it one of the most important developments of the future. Ever-growing and perpetually changing, it used to be that one had to sit at a boxy computer plugged into a phone line to connect to the interweb. And once there, the landscape was a bit barren. Aside from those with a real knack for ones and zeroes, the world wide web didn't offer very much. And what it did took forever to get to, with photos attached to emails loading in five to 10 minutes, rather than instantly. Songs being downloaded from relics like Napster required hours for a single track, and the concept of streaming anything was nonexistent.

To think how much that access has changed in 18 years, it's a miracle that there are so many options available these days as far as connecting to the internet is concerned. And from southern business hubs like Atlanta to cities like Baltimore, people are spending more and more time online. This is because of the fact that everything from entertainment to communications is moving there, but people aren't just sitting at computer screens because the local newspaper is free online. They're doing it because of the fact that they can take computers anywhere with wireless internet, and that most cell phones make it possible to at least check email or Facebook from anywhere.

However, traditional Wi-Fi definitely has its limitations, no matter where you happen to be. For those living in Baltimore, having access to the web from out of the house means finding a hot spot, and sometimes the most popular places with free web access end up filling up fast. This means waiting to eat a scone, drink a coffee, and check email. For those with faster-paced lifestyles, this might not seem like the most appealing option. Likewise, those working in Atlanta will see that wireless internet connections often suddenly slow down when multiple people are on a network, meaning that it's practically impossible to get serious work done from a shared connection. Routers simply are not strong enough to power the world wide web at the speed it is accustomed to moving if there are more than a couple of computers involved at once.

For these reasons, WiMax is becoming the most popular option for getting online from anywhere--mostly because it is the only version of web access that actually manages to accomplish that. A hybrid of typical Wi-Fi and the way that cell phone networks criss-cross the nation, this new step in mobile communication means no setting up networks or remembering passwords. Because the signal is passed from tower to tower, with each tower capable of bouncing the signal an additional 30 miles, it's possible to drive from Baltimore to Atlanta and never lose signal once. That means that staying in touch no longer requires a bunch of technical savvy, simply a computer that is connected to the largest and speediest nationwide network. Everything that people talked about Wi-Fi actually being, it finally is. It's just time to switch to a slightly new medium.

From Baltimore to Atlanta, The Increasing Popularity of WiMax

By: Oswald Melman

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