| We are going to introduce you to the four people | | | | this type of arrangement is not going to work if she |
| who need 4G Wimax Internet. You may know a | | | | has to rely on shaky wireless Internet services to |
| person that resembles one of these individuals, or | | | | provide the feed. With 4G wireless Internet she can |
| maybe we are writing about you! One thing is for | | | | watch full length movies on the laptop, on a portable |
| sure: Fourth Generation Internet, a new technology | | | | media player or a Nintendo Wii, without worry. |
| that is four times as fast as current cellular | | | | These are full length, almost TV or DVD quality |
| technology, is going to change a lot of peoples' | | | | movies with no slowdown or skipping. |
| lives. Let's start by considering four unique cases. | | | | Ryan is our next example. He is an aspiring |
| Let's start with Ed. Ed is an everyday workaholic | | | | photographer and takes hundreds of digital photos |
| and spends most of his day either downloading | | | | everyday. In past year, much of his career time |
| content or uploading new information. You would | | | | was spent downloading photos from the digital |
| think that Ed might exercise some restraint when it | | | | camera to his laptop, only so he could move them to |
| comes to taking home work on the weekends or at | | | | his home PC later on using a flash drive. Now |
| night. However, Ed is actually "on call" at his new | | | | imagine Ryan's enthusiasm when he learns that he |
| job. That means he has to download numerous files | | | | can download photos directly from the 4G-ready |
| per day, email people all day long, Skype chat with | | | | camera onto his email account. Now he can store |
| people in Australia, and almost religiously upload new | | | | these photos online, edit them, and print them to any |
| database content. Guess what? It's not | | | | DVD, multimedia device or printer paper that he so |
| convenient to run to the office every day to finish | | | | desires with no extra waiting time. |
| this work. It's not convenient to go to the library or | | | | Finally, let's consider Esther's case. She video |
| to use a cellular web browser for heavy tasks such | | | | conferences online on a regular basis, not only for |
| as these. Ed can accomplish more tasks in a smaller | | | | business purposes, but also for her budding social |
| period of time using 4G technology, which sustains a | | | | life. With inferior dial up and wireless Internet |
| citywide Internet connection better than wireless or | | | | services, video chat and video conferencing was |
| 3G cellular. | | | | always a pain. However, 4G Internet makes virtual |
| Misty is our next case in point. She only works part | | | | conferencing smooth and reliable. If you want to |
| time but she is a big movie buff. She doesn't see | | | | upload and download heavy graphical content (such |
| the point of going out to Blockbuster or to the dollar | | | | as moving faces) then you must have a higher |
| kiosks when sites like Netflix bring home hundreds of | | | | powered broadband Internet connection—like 4G! |
| movies for just a few dollars a month. However, | | | | |