September 27, 2008 - 7:59 P.M.
Mobile broadband beats Wi-Fi in UK
- TAGS:mobile broadband, Wi-Fi
- IT TOPICS:Mobile
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- An amazing wireless milestone has been reached in the UK: More people away from home are connecting to the Internet via cell phone wireless -- mobile broadband -- than Wi-Fi. Just one year ago, Wi-Fi was far ahead. Is the U.S. next?
Wi-Fi always had the advantage of speed. But as mobile broadband gets faster, and carriers more agressively market upgraded plans and services that can be accessed over mobile broadband, more people everywhere choose to connect over their cell phone's data connection.Â
I think this milestone will eventually be reached everywhere, and possibly even kill off Wi-Fi altogether.
This news comes from a Point Topic survey of mobile broadband users.
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