Wireless broadband
Wireless broadband is a way of accessing and sharing your broadband connection without cables or wires. All it requires to setup a wireless environment in your home or office is a wireless router (that you often get free with wireless broadband packages). Or you may need to pay for a wireless router as the case with Be or UK Online broadband packages.
The main advantage of wireless broadband is that it provides greater mobility means you can work anywhere at your home without the mess of wires. Moreover, multiple users can share an internet connection within the networking area. If your laptop is enabled with wifi, not only you can use it at your home to access internet, but also use the popular public wifi hotspots which you can find easily in urban places.
Benefits of wireless broadband
- Wired internet access often ties you up with the modem/router or telephone slot. With wireless broadband, you can access internet from any room or even from garden.
- Wireless home networking helps to get rid of mess of wires, especially in large homes, thereby making your networking appear tidy.
- If more than a single user access internet in a home, wireless broadband can be shared among the users, thus saving money.
- Many ISPs like offer wireless equipment like wireless router and essential support with their broadband packages. You may have to sign up to their specified contract length to enjoy this benefit.
- You can do anything with your wireless broadband connection - surfing, gaming, streaming etc.
Setting up wireless broadband connection
To setup wireless networking and access broadband wirelessly, you will have to do following things:
- Choose a suitable broadband package that offers a wireless router with the package. As your ISP will provide a pre-configured wireless router and sometimes an installation CD, you can install it yourself using the easy-to-follow instructions provided in the CD.
- You can also buy a wireless router that can best suit your requirements. However, you need to configure it properly so that it is enabled with complete security features. Make sure that the wireless router comes with in-built firewall. For optimal protection, you need to use WPA2-AES encryption key in your router.
Wireless broadband providers in UK
As wireless broadband is becoming popular, you will find many ISPs offering wireless support with their broadband packages. You can choose the suitable package that suits your requirements and helps you to reduce the monthly cost. Most often, you need to sign up to 12 or 18 month contract, to avail all the benefits, however, ISPs like AOL and PlusNet offer PAYG or one month contract thus helping you to enjoy the similar features without tied up by these long contracts.
- AOL broadband
- BT
- Be Unlimited
- Madasafish
- PluseNet
- UK Online
- Tiscali
- Pipex
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