Ryan: Does Mobile Broadband still have a future?

Mobile Broadband has flooded the market in the past 2 years but does it have a sustainable future? We think not in highly populated areas due to the introduction of Public access WiFi but we think it could have real future for rural internet access. This could become a great benefit for rural communities but there is one concern - Signal! Or is this changing? you can now get external antennas which in our experience work and work well. We have been testing a clip antenna
for the past month and saw a 20-30% increase in coverage and we feel it could be even more with a larger antenna

The new driver the mobile broadband is the explosion in table computers when the need for a mobile broadband adapter is no longer needed. There is many popular devices on the market including the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Using the Samsung as an example there is many Galaxy Tab accessories on the market making it a very customizable and portable device removing the need for a traditional computer and a USB modem. What ever the future hold for mobile computing there is currently quite a lot of options which is good to see.