The future of the internet

Maybe like myself you have got used to your internet speed, maybe you are quite content, it works and you don't need any further improvements nor do you understand what this would achieve.Well 4g L.T.E. is coming to a city near you soon!  This is great in two ways, firstly it means the government is expected to earn about £4billion in licensing, which is great for the state of this country.  Maybe they took advice of Microsoft and Apple how to license off intangbile stuff, I mean they are licensing radiowaves, sounds weird to the layman, but if it helps the country so be it.

4g and you

The second reason is that finally our "modern" society are privileged enough to be receiving faster mobile broadband (4g) or L.T.E. as it's known. Though of course we are not the first, look at this article I read last year, 4g in Russia!  Though I should not complain a couple of villages away from my home have only had broadband (ADSL) a few years and have been on dial up up until then!  Also you must remember that the government promises fast broadband to all of the UK BY 2015 so you may have the option of mobile or land line broadband or both (for the greedy)!

To some of you this means nothing, but fast broadband is such a big deal to many people and businesses, that media companies can finally offer useful services to mobile people.  With streaming becoming mainstream to many households you will finally be able to access everything everywhere (I don't work for orange) just like the slogan goes.  For those unaware EE (everything everywhere) is the new trading style of Orange and the first to role this out around the major UK cities, which is great considering I just moved to the country!

Imagine your watching your favourite program or recording or a live event and someone says hey wana meet down the pub, well you can get your mobile out and watch it till you arrive at the destination.  Or for those households that someone hoggs the tv, you will be able to watch something else on your phone, tablet or pc whilst your downloading your favourite legal music downloads, your kids are playing on the latest angry birds etc.  It will also mean technology could change so that computers no longer need storage capabilities (cd drives/dvd drives/hard drives) so everything you ever do is in the cloud and accessible everywhere, but hey I expect we are going that way anyway.

I think the great thing about the potential of the technology is it will offer you choice, so for those who don't want landlines or move frequently, they can simply get a mobile contract that offers the benefit of quality internet where ever they go and not just one house in a street.   My (business) thoughts are that you could get a mobile contract and share this connection around a local area and share the cost and speed, maybe something I could suggest and create my own start up.

Anyway, as the advert says, the future is bright, the future is orange?