| You may have seen commercials offering | | | | 3. Can any type of wireless device work on the |
| coverage on the 4th generation wireless internet | | | | network? With any new sort of internet service, |
| network, but many people find themselves | | | | you have to wonder about having compatible |
| walking away with questions unanswered. | | | | equipment. In the same way that 2G devices |
| Commercials are designed to give you some | | | | can't work on the 3G network, you will need to |
| enticing details and leave it at that. After all, | | | | upgrade to new equipment if you want to get on |
| companies are paying for the time and cannot | | | | the 4G network. For laptop computer users, it |
| deliver lectures on their products. If you still have | | | | could be something as simple as the modems |
| questions about 4G coverage, look over the | | | | that get stuck into USB outlets. For cell phone |
| following list of items that keep popping up in | | | | users who want to get access to the network, a |
| people's minds for some quick answers. | | | | new handset will be on the menu. |
| 1. How is the new network different? You may | | | | 4. Will it take a long time to get a connection |
| hear that a network can deliver high speed | | | | established? To get your 4G connection up and |
| internet on the road and wonder how it is | | | | running, you won't have to worry about waiting |
| different from the old wireless networks. In the | | | | several weeks or even several days. Providers |
| case of 4G service, you will see the difference in | | | | have figured out a way to get the equipment to |
| both speeds and in network range. Working with | | | | subscribers overnight and have the service |
| signal towers around the city, the service has | | | | activated almost immediately. If you have had a |
| eliminated all of the dead zones familiar to 3G | | | | pressing feeling that the time to switch has come, |
| subscribers. In addition, it is allowing users to | | | | you can be sure you'll have new service within |
| browse the internet at 4 times the speed of the | | | | twenty-four hours. This guarantee is making |
| old networks. | | | | subscribers happy before the connection is even |
| 2. If the network has limits, what happens when | | | | made. |
| the boundaries are crossed? Roaming around the | | | | 5. Can the video issues get cleared up? Every 3G |
| city at top speed is what everyone wants when | | | | subscriber will have a point where video |
| they sign up for 4th generation wireless coverage. | | | | transmission becomes an issue. The 3G network |
| Finding the limits of the coverage area may be a | | | | was not built to accommodate such large |
| frightening prospect, but there is nothing to sweat. | | | | bandwidth operations and can frustrate users |
| Even though metropolitan areas are the first to | | | | when on the road. 4th generation service was |
| be covered, the 4th generation service will switch | | | | designed to eliminate these issues with video |
| over to the 3G network when the city or state | | | | service. Anything from live sporting events to |
| lines are crossed and the latest network is no | | | | video downloads and conferencing can be done |
| longer available. | | | | effectively. |