subject: 4g: A Practical Tool For Finding Information [print this page] If you are the type of person who tends to forget things, you know exactly how it feels when you need to come up with some piece of information in the middle of the conversation but can not think of it. There is nothing worse than having a name or number stuck on the tip of your tongue without being able to get it out. People used to use bulky encyclopedia volumes to look up facts that they could not think of themselves. Nowadays, most people prefer the Internet as their go to source of all information. It is a much quicker way to find out whatever it is that you are looking for, and it does not take up nearly as much space in your home as 26 heavy encyclopedia books.
But what do you do when you are out of the house and need to look something up? Are you supposed to go back home to your computer or start hunting around for an Internet cafe, or do you just have to live without the information for a while until you are around a computer again? Actually, you do not have to do either of these things. 4G Internet technology gives you a great way to get instant access to the Internet and all the answers it holds, at any time of day, no matter where you are.
With a 4G Internet connection, the next time you just can not for the life of you remember the name of that actress who won an award for playing that girl in that movie that year, or the name of that song that you can not get out of your head (and who sang it), all you have to do to unlock the mystery is pull out your smart phone right where you are and connect to the Internet on the spot. Otherwise known as WiMax, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, this type of connection uses the latest advancements in wireless telecommunications technology to create a high speed broadband Internet service that is completely mobile. This means, it goes wherever you go.
The reason that this service offers such mobile capabilities is that it uses a system of towers, which are a lot like the ones used by cell phone companies, to create wide reaching continuous coverage areas. An entire city can be covered by the same network, meaning you can travel anywhere throughout a whole city with your wireless telecommunications device without ever losing your Internet connection. Basically, 4G Internet service combines the best features of broadband Internet connections like DSL and cable such as lightning fast connection speeds with the best features of cell phone networks such as roaming and overall mobility. This makes this service great tool for a lot of other things besides looking up facts that you can not remember. You can use 4G Internet service to get directions, download files, stream online music and video content, and access work emails from wherever you may be at a given moment.
