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Can I Get a Wireless Connection That Has Broadband Speed?

Description: Broadband is gradually becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. But it does depend on you being attached to that line which runs the broadband into your home. What about a wireless connection? Can you still get a high speed connection when you are more mobile?

You may have heard the term WiFi before, but you may not realize that it refers to wireless internet connections. It is all well and good being hooked up to the fastest broadband on earth, but you can't go too far with it. What happens when you want to grab your laptop and sit in another room and be with your family when they are watching television?

You can do it if you are connected to wireless internet - and there is such a thing as wireless broadband as well. Indeed if you go into any public place that has a wireless internet connection available, the chances are high that it will be a broadband one.

Because of the rapid speed at which broadband is permeating through our lives and surroundings, it is perhaps not surprising that a wireless internet connection should be just as fast as one which requires you to hook up to it through a cable. It is important though to make sure you have the right equipment for the job, and that means making sure you have the best network card you can get installed in your computer.

This is because the speed of your wireless broadband isn't just down to the provider. Put simply, if you have the best network card you will get the best service possible. If you have an average card which doesn't have the same capability then it won't be as good.

The only drawback is that you may lose your signal from time to time, depending on where you are and how good the signal is in the first place.