Understand and Make the Most of a Wireless Network Connection with Us

Maybe you want a cellular wireless phone for your computing mobile needs. Not only can eAccess Solutions help you with your wireless network connection, but we can also assist you in understanding the technology that goes into meeting computing mobile requirements.

Wireless Data technologies in use today can be broken down into the three topologies listed below. These topologies can be used individually or, in some cases, networked together to provide the desired coverage. To get an idea of the network configurations, devices and area coverage, click on the technology to view more information. Need more information about a cellular wireless phone or other topics? Try our Wireless Glossary.
 

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Here is how the wireless carriers that eAccess partners with break out:

One of the first characteristics you may hear about wireless data is something like 2G or 3G and how that 3G is better. Let me explain what this means. The G referred to here is a generic term related to the generation of wireless that a carrier is offering. So there currently are 3 generations of wireless commonly referred to as 1G, 2G and 3G. Occasionally some vendors will refer to intermediate increases in performance as 2.5G.

This table explains what type of cellular data is applicable to the generation of wireless:

The carriers have chosen quick phrases like 1xRTT, EvDO, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS to make it easy for a user to refer to the type of data services they offer. Here is a quick table with the meanings of those acronyms.  For more information check out our Wireless Glossary.

You now have a better idea what types of data services the carriers can offer. However each carrier has made their own decisions regarding what data services they offer. Here is a table of the current data offerings by carrier: