As many of you may know we have dedicated a couple of articles to comparing wireless technology to satellite internet. Up until now however, we have not looked at some of the new up and coming technologies that are gaining popularity in the wireless industry. Two of these technologies are WiMax and Mifi. In case these terms are new to you I will attempt to offer a brief explanation, as these technologies have not quite made it main stream yet. Mifi is more or less, a router that utilizes wireless data signal such as 3G or the new 4G technology to connect a network of computers. It operates in much of the same way your Wi-Fi router would at home except it is more portable. A Mifi device can operate anywhere you can get a good wireless broadband connection.
WiMax is simply a new wireless technology similar to that of 3G and 4G. There are two types of WiMax technology, Fixed WiMax and Mobile WiMax. Mobile WiMax is the most popular as Fixed WiMax provides no means of portability. The advantages of this technology are that it provides a solution to the last mile problem that many current internet solutions have. The last mile problem refers to the significant costs of providing internet access to the last region of a network, which may actually consist of more than a mile. This is largely due to the additional cables and wires that must be placed in the last area of a network. In addition, WiMax can currently provide download speeds of up to 40mbps with speeds of 1gbps expected with an upcoming upgrade to the technology. It is likely that this type of technology is indeed the future of the wireless industry. One might not think that the current satellite internet technology available here in the US can compare to these new wireless technologies. However, we must also look at the future of satellite internet. Just next year WildBlue plans to update its satellite to allow download speeds of up to 10mbps. Satellite technology used in Japan is already producing download speeds of up to 1.2gbps. Considering the fact that satellite internet technology can reach a much larger audience than WiMax or any other wireless technology it seems that the future of satellite internet is just as bright if not brighter than that of wireless internet.
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Either way you still have no VOIP due to Satellite latency issues or you’ll need a wireless VOIP device that can be set-up without a CAT5e cable, try to find an affordable option there, to the 3G or 4G device. My phone company charges over $109 a month for my land line, I’d go with just my cell phone but my state MV asks for both mobile and landline for registration and license renewal (seems to me that that should be illegal).