subject: No More Delays: Chicago Is Ready to Go 4G [print this page] The expansion of 4G networks across the country has been creating anxious and in many cases highly impatient expectant new customers in the many markets still waiting to have networks rolled out. The initial wave of expansion is, of course, focused on the large cities across the nation, having started in Baltimore, Maryland and spreading out to many other cities. After a long and intolerable wait for the many anxious customers in its market, Chicago has finally found its way onto the 4G mapand what a resounding success the service has proven to be here! The Windy City has proven to make the best of just about every awesome and advanced feature that fourth generation networks and the incredibly advanced phones and peripherals that operate on such networks have to offer. And when we say advanced, we really do mean it, as will be seen below with just a few examples of what such a service can bring users.
For starters, 4G is bringing lightning-fast connection speeds to users that are accustomed to having snail-like connection rates when using their mobile devices. The switch up to fourth generation connectivity is so abrupt and so significant that most people dont even have a clue what to expect: from their few hundred measly Kbps or at most 1 or 2 Mbps over their previous mobile network, reaching up to more than 10 or a dozen Mbpsor even more on occasionis like traveling at the speed of light for such users! The quickness of the connection is in and of itself a truly extraordinary feature, though it is in fact only the beginning of the benefit, a sort of door that opens the way to a whole universe of new applications and features that were never available in the past over mobile networks.
In fact, all developers and observers of the mobile communications industry have been referring to 4G as being apps-heavy, meaning that you will simply be blown away by the different kinds of applications to be had with your service. Surely any user that needs to stay in regular contact with colleagues, customers, bosses and so forth will find the fact that they can actually use their mobile service for VoIP and live videoconferencing to be an invaluable advantage. Getting to the point where VoIP and similar heavy, realtime applications could be used over mobile networks was a major challenge for developers, and was not available with previous 3G services; however with fourth generation technology, this and many other seemingly impossible feats have been accomplished, all to the benefit of the general buying public.
Finally, for cities like Chicago where traffic can be a nightmare and where the sheer size of the city can be a challenge, the availability of instant road and traffic information over 4G networks (in certain cases actually built into the vehicle, making what is known as the connected car) will be of enormous use and service to users. Just another example of how the latest generation of mobile is shaking things up in Chicago and across the US!
