5 Reasons Why Mobile Internet is Cool for School

These days you just can’t go to school without a laptop, and doing assignments without Internet connection is unthinkable.

Even though Mobile Data connection is still quite costly, there are so many advantages that many College and University students are already using it. Many more are definitely thinking about getting it.

So, why do we think that having Mobile Broadband at School is cool?

There are five reasons listed below why you may absolutely need mobile broadband connection at school:

1) Live Out

You spend most of the day out of your room – at school, hanging out, in the library.

Even if you’ve got fixed broadband connection – it’s very likely you are not really using it that much outside of downloading torrents. Even though mobile data ~~could be more that 2 times more expensive than fixed broadband – it~~ will be worth it when you would be able to look up stuff exactly when you need it, not 2 hours later.

If you are only using mobile connection for online research, email, and facebook – then you may very well be covered by a regular 5Gb data cap.

And wouldn’t it be cool to be able to do your assignment on a lawn or in a park instead of that gloomy room?

2) Not tied up to a specific location.

Mobile broadband compared to WiFi hotspots is like a cell phone compared to phone booths. There are many paid phones around, but you have to go to the booth rather than calling when and where you need. The same applies to mobile broadband vs. WiFi. If you are struck by inspiration in the middle of the street you literally can stop and go at it rather than waste time searching for that Starbucks with free WiFi.

3) No proxy on campus

This means you are not limited to what you’re browsing, so if you need youtube , facebook or ~~various~~ other websites that ~~usually~~ are blocked by a proxy ~~on campus network~~ — you will be able to access what you want, when you need it. And since all over the air mobile data traffic is encrypted on a physical level by mobile operator network – what you are doing on the Internet is nobody’s business, only yours. No geeky hacker kids sniffing your WiFi traffic and posting your photos on campus…

4) No one will eavesdrop on you.

While sitting in a cafe you have to use whatever poultry security scheme the hotspot is using (if any). Even then, a guy next to you could be logging all your traffic just for the heck of it (check out wireshark), mobile data communication is strongly encrypted on an air interface level and is completely confidential between your broadband modem and cell tower.

5) Stay Connected on Vacations

No need to get disconnected while on vacations or traveling home on holiday, since all mobile operators in the US these days provide you with Nationwide data coverage without roaming charges.

Go to the Top