Wireless LAN
Wireless LANs (Local Area Networks) started off as the cable-free alternative to your standard wired office networks. Today it has become a smorgasbord of different standards, and has penetrated homes and small offices. Without going into its various flavors, we can safely say that Wireless LAN or WLAN, in general, offers high transfer speeds at relatively low costs.
3G and wireless LAN serve similar purposes, allowing users to transfer data to and from the Internet quickly. Although wireless LAN has traditionally been found mainly in PCs, mobile phone makers are now talking about adopting the technology, too.
This has led to suggestions of 3G's demise. For now, wireless LAN remains tethered in some sense, unlike the far-reaching mobile phone networks; the former's range is merely 30m, so walk a step too far and your Internet access stops working.
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