| As the American South continues to grow and | | | | within a radius of 30 to 50 miles can draw fully |
| prosper, the technology and infrastructure that | | | | functional, high speed, entirely wireless internet |
| serves the majority of inhabitants will begin to | | | | right from the air. This means that spreading |
| radically change. Basic, functional, services may be | | | | from urban centers out, places that could never |
| fine for the masses, but in order to get ahead | | | | dream that cable or DSL internet service would |
| and stay ahead in the worlds of finance, business, | | | | ever reach can now get online at broadband |
| and global corporations, there is a need to boost | | | | speeds. The other most important feature of |
| the infrastructure available when it comes to | | | | WiMax internet, is that it employs 4G or 4th |
| technology, electronics, and communications. In | | | | Generation mobile broadband technology to give |
| many countries, connectivity is a top priority, but | | | | users a fully transportable internet connection. To |
| in the United States connectivity, especially by | | | | give an idea, 3G internet is what is available today |
| high speed internet, has fallen by the wayside. A | | | | on most mobile phones, PDA devices, and via the |
| short trip outside the majority of metropolitan | | | | iPhone. It is convenient and practical to use when |
| areas finds one right back in the early 90s with | | | | on the move, or away from a desktop computer |
| little more than dial-up internet to connect by. A | | | | or laptop with a Wi-Fi connection, however, when |
| perfect example is the city of Atlanta, Georgia. | | | | it comes to using the internet for practical |
| Surrounded by large tracts of rural and remote | | | | applications like sending or receiving large files, |
| setting, Atlanta is emerging as one of the fastest | | | | downloading materials or media, and more, 3G |
| growing urban centers in the country, and must | | | | technology falls far short of the mark. With 4G |
| find a way to keep up with itself in terms of | | | | technology's mobile broadband abilities and speed, |
| infrastructure. As the headquarters of many large | | | | anything that can be done from a desktop |
| multinational corporations, continued growth should | | | | computer with a high speed internet connection |
| be expected. One way that Georgians state-wide | | | | can be accomplished on the road, literally. With |
| are looking to improve connectivity is with | | | | WiMax it is possible to use the internet not only |
| improved, easily installed, high speed internet | | | | from anywhere with a signal, but while moving as |
| providers. | | | | well. For citizens of Atlanta with the |
| The internet connectivity of the future seems to | | | | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the |
| be pointing in several directions, but the option | | | | busiest in the world, being on the move is the |
| coming out ahead in many global communities is | | | | norm. Imagine getting all your last minute |
| that of WiMax internet. It is appealing for many | | | | professional tasks completed in the car on the |
| reasons, amongst them the fact that the | | | | way to the airport, or while sitting waiting for a |
| infrastructure and construction required is | | | | plane, without paying to access a Wi-Fi network, |
| extremely basic. With little more than the | | | | and you are already dreaming of a world |
| construction required for a cell phone tower users | | | | connected by WiMax internet. |