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| If you are a Fort Worth resident looking for the | | | | networks are capable of providing, this service is also |
| newest, fastest, most accessible way to get mobile | | | | a good option for people living outside the Fort |
| Internet access, WiMax service is the way to go. | | | | Worth city limits. Depending on how sparsely |
| With this new service, you will be able to enjoy high | | | | populated the area around your suburban or rural |
| speed broadband connections from any location | | | | home is, you may not have access to wired services |
| throughout the Fort Worth area. This new wireless | | | | like DSL and cable from your home. If this is the |
| broadband Internet service is changing the entire | | | | case, you can take advantage of the benefits of |
| landscape of mobile telecommunications networks. | | | | WiMax Internet instead, as this service does not |
| People are beginning to look at the Internet in a new | | | | depend on land wires physically connecting to your |
| way. | | | | home. |
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| In terms of mobility, perhaps the easiest thing to | | | | Of course, as is the case with any new technology |
| compare this new service to is Wi-Fi. But this service | | | | (especially in the world of wireless |
| represents a change in the way the Internet signals | | | | telcommunications), this new service does come at a |
| are transmitted. As local area networks, or LANs, | | | | price. However, the price of this service is surprisingly |
| Wi-Fi networks are not very far reaching. Nor are | | | | affordable. A basic monthly subscription can cost you |
| they accessible to a great number of people. WiMax | | | | as little as 30 dollars a month. And if you want to try |
| networks, on the other hand are WANs, or wide | | | | out the service before making a long term |
| area networks, like cell phone networks. Like cell | | | | commitment, you might want to take advantage of |
| phone networks, this new technology uses systems | | | | pay as you go options, which can cost as little as 10 |
| of towers to send and receive signals across long | | | | dollars a day. Another cost you will want to factor in |
| distances – you can connect to the Internet | | | | to the total amount that you are going to spend is |
| using this service as far as up to 30 miles away from | | | | the cost of the receiver that you will need, especially |
| a tower. Because of these towers, a single network | | | | if you are using an older desktop or laptop computer |
| is able to deliver service to an entire city. For Fort | | | | to connect. WiMax receivers can cost about 100 |
| Worth residents, this means that you can travel to | | | | dollars, but this is essentially a one time expense, |
| any corner of Fort Worth and even go outside the | | | | which can be looked at as a long term investment, |
| city and still be able to stay connected to one | | | | as you will not need to buy a new one for many |
| network the whole time. And the Internet connection | | | | years. |
| you receive will not only be mobile; it will also be fast. | | | | |