Why Use a Wireless Internet Service Provider?
- The installation of a wireless Internet service from a local provider is usually quick, easy and simpler for the customer. As opposed to a wired Internet service such as dial-up, a wireless Internet service does not require lots of wiring and juggling of power cords and extensions.
The only two basic components that are needed to install a wireless system are the modem from the Internet service provider and a wireless router, which are both relatively simple to set up. - The economic feasibility of owning a Wireless Local Area Network for your home or office is much greater than a wired LAN. Wireless systems are less expensive to maintain over the long-term because there are fewer parts, thus meaning less hassle for the customer and a reduced number of times that a technician will need to be called. In addition, fixing a wireless service when something does go wrong is easy. Most problems that do occur on a wireless network can be simply fixed by going through basic troubleshooting steps with your Internet service provider.
- The mobility that a wireless Internet service provider can give you is unmatched by any other type of Internet service currently available. For home users, a wireless network means that laptops can be used throughout the house without having to be physically hooked up to a network.
For businesses, signing up with a wireless Internet service provider means that there can be more mobility inside and outside the office. This allows employees the freedom to tap into their work's wireless service based on set policies. - A wireless Internet service also allows for more scalability and expandability. In other words, adding more users to a wireless network takes less time, is less costly, and uses little-to-no hardware, depending on the device that will be hooked up to the network.
This can be contrasted to a wired network where more devices being used on the network means that more equipment and cords need to be added as well, which increases overall cost. - Signing up with a wireless Internet service provider also means more convenience. Wireless services can be used not only at home, but customers can also be given the option to tap into a wireless network wherever that network is present. For example, a traveling business person can easily tap into a wireless network from her service provider at a hotel, coffee shop or airport.
For a laptop user, all that is usually required is the insertion of a small device card to tap into a network's wireless capabilities. However, if a laptop is already integrated with an on-board wireless card, then an external card may not be needed if the service is freely available to customers at hotels, airports and other wireless hot spots.
