| Nobody can pretend not to be aware of at least | | | | going to be reinforced rather than challenged, |
| some of the many ways in which mobile | | | | thanks to the fabulous capabilities of 4G wireless |
| technology has revolutionized our society. | | | | standards, for example. With the ingenious |
| Everything we do and hear and see is geared | | | | innovations rolled out in the form of this, the |
| towards a mobile lifestyle, whether oriented | | | | fourth generation of wireless internet standards, |
| towards out personal or our professional lives. | | | | the right to roam is coming ever closer to |
| Checking one's email on the run; seeing the latest | | | | reaching constitutional status! |
| news headlines on the run; downloading the latest | | | | To get down to the specifics, fourth generation |
| file for work on the run; watching an episode of | | | | wireless standards have raised the expectations |
| one's favorite TV show on the run: all of these | | | | of wireless web users in the following very |
| are activities which are by now part and parcel of | | | | significant ways: First of all, with the new nominal |
| our daily lives, seemingly just another facet of | | | | peak of 100 Mbit/s mobile users are simply |
| how we conduct ourselves in the 21st century. | | | | foaming at the mouth with anticipation to get |
| But with a little memory any of us over the age | | | | their hands on a 4G service account as soon as |
| of 10 can recall days when wireless internet | | | | possible, if they haven't already (various urban |
| services were simply dismal, not allowing anything | | | | communities in the US are already covered by |
| more than a painstaking, hour-long download of | | | | such networks, and several companies are in the |
| one file at a time (and that for something that | | | | middle of putting together and executing |
| only weighed a few Kbit!). In light of these | | | | aggressive expansion plans in this regard). For |
| memories, it is relevant to take a step back and | | | | dedicated cable connections that rate would be |
| appreciate just how incredibly far we have come, | | | | phenomenal, so the idea of having it with a |
| and how much we take for granted what just a | | | | wireless service is simply like being bathed in |
| few short years back were perceived as | | | | heavenly light. Furthermore, with the passing of |
| extravagant, expensive and exclusive services. | | | | the coming two or three years users will find that |
| Staying connected while on the move is perceived | | | | more of the national surface area will be covered |
| more as a right than as a luxury these days by | | | | by such signals than won't be-a complete reversal |
| the majority of web users out there, especially in | | | | of the current situation. Hence, getting a service |
| and around the nation's major urban centers | | | | of this sort today will not only present enormous |
| (which are where most major technological | | | | benefits in the here and now, but will hold |
| advancements are rolled out). With the way | | | | tremendous promise for the years to come. |
| things are progressing, that perception is only | | | | |