| With the recently increasing demand for mobile | | | | that you can get a mobile phone signal. 3G quite |
| internet connections, the implementation of the | | | | literally means the third generation of mobile phone |
| mobile phone 3G network system into notebook | | | | standards and technology. It enables network |
| computers or netbooks is steadily increasing. 3G | | | | operators to provide a wide range of advanced |
| offers broadband speed capability in return for very | | | | services via the mobile network, such as wide-area |
| little setup. Compared to previous mobile internet | | | | wireless voice telephony, video calls and broadband |
| connection such as GPRS and GSM, 3G is a revelation | | | | wireless data. Below are some reasons why 3G |
| in terms of speeds. To connect to a 3G network, all | | | | mobile broadband technology is so popular: |
| you need is a USB dongle. The dongle must be | | | | Convenience and portability - The convenience that |
| connected to the computer, installed, and you will be | | | | 3G mobile broadband offers is difficult to ignore. As |
| able to surf the web at your pleasure! Connecting to | | | | long as you have a laptop with a modem, you will be |
| a 3G mobile broadband network is a lot easier than | | | | able to access the internet at broadband speeds, as |
| connecting through a home broadband ADSL | | | | long as you have network reception, that is. |
| connection. | | | | No land line necessary- Whether you want to access |
| Usernames and passwords are not needed and there | | | | the internet at home or whilst traveling, you don't |
| are no SIP settings or router settings to adjust in | | | | won't have to use any cables. One day in the not |
| order to connect. There are a variety of mediums in | | | | too distant future, home broadband via a fixed |
| which mobile broadband is available through including | | | | telephone network will probably be a thing of the |
| mobile phones, USB dongles, USB modems and | | | | past. |
| laptops with 3G compatibility incorporated. Keep in | | | | Flexibility - You can use a mobile broadband dongle on |
| mind that mobile broadband is not the same as WIFI. | | | | as many different computers as you please. You |
| It's 3G, which is a different technology altogether. | | | | could use it on your work laptop during the day, pop |
| With WIFI you connect to the internet via a wireless | | | | it into your computer at home in the evening, or lend |
| access point, which means that you have to be | | | | it to a friend or family member who doesn't have |
| within a very short range of a wireless 'hot spot'. | | | | internet access. |
| Mobile broadband on the other hand works anywhere | | | | |