Mobile Broadband Here And There

Written by John Raul II at 2:17 pm under Technology Buzz | 23 views

Like it or not, the trend of today’s appliances and gadgets is towards having Internet connectivity. We have seen the rapid transition of many home devices shifting from single purpose, specific appliance to multipurpose harnessing the power of local network connectivity, basic Internet connection and now, the mobile broadband. As technology centers more on Internet, handheld devices acquire new ways to get connected to the global cloud in faster manner. Now, people who owns mobile phones with 3G capabilities such as IPhone 3G, are now capable to get access to high speed broadband anytime, anywhere. And what more, many phones now can even share fast mobile broadband connection to a laptop through a USB modem or dongle.

Broadband or Mobile Broadband?

If you heard of broadband before and mobile broadband and think they are the same — well, they are not. I’ve searched through Google and stumbled across an excellent mobile broadband website called Broadband Expert that tells you the difference between these two popular ways to get hooked on to the Internet. The site is more useful if you are living in the United Kingdom area as it presents broadband deals from different Internet Service Providers (ISPs), comprehensive mobile broadband comparison, broadband speed test, broadband news, and even broadband forum and reviews.

If you live a mobile life, mobile broadband is definitely a good solution to get always connected to the Internet wherever you are and whatever you want do.

My Personal Mobile Broadband Experience

I myself is a subscriber of a mobile Internet service here in the Philippines. In our country, mobile networks are best suited to connect people and even more pervasive due to our archipelago’s geographical situation. My Internet at home is running on wireless mobile broadband with speeds reaching as high as 384 kbps as of the moment. For sure, this does not compete yet the wired DSL broadband solutions with speeds reaching beyond 10mbps, but with 384 kbps, video streaming and web browsing are not a problem at all. YouTube.com and other video streaming websites load fast and it feels like being connected on a decent DSL connection.

So far, my only complaint with mobile wireless broadband is its vulnerability to signal and speed loss due to certain circumstances. Bad weather like storms and any object obstructing my mobile wireless’ antenna direction towards the mobile network tower (or cell site) definitely caused a measurable decrease on my mobile Internet’s speed. Unfortunately, my mobile Internet connection is non-roaming — therefore, I can’t bring my antenna with me anywhere I go. Fortunately, I have my old Nokia N80 which lets me connect to same mobile network through its 3G capabilities.