Mobile Access to the Internet

• Can access e-mail on the move (whilst travelling), surf the internet from wherever you are (on the move)

• Can work more productively because you can do things at once, without having to go back to the office, more flexibility of where you work

• Can easily modify your plans – flights, trains, hotels (e-tickets via smart phones).

• Increase in real time collaborative working / voice conferencing / video conferencing

• Can work anywhere in the home or office (teleworking)

•Affects home / work balance

•Can be very expensive if use a mobile phone for the access

•Many black spots / poor connectivity

•Increased security problems from hacking

•Battery life on mobile devices

•Network overload at peak demand

•Some attachments cannot be opened / worked on

•Work progress hampered by distractions

•Allows inexpensive LANs to be set up without cables

•Allows people the freedom of working anywhere a signal can be received

•Ideal for networks in old listed buildings where cables would not be allowed to be installed

•Global set of standards - you can use Wi-Fi all over the world

•Health and safety aspect - tidier desktop with no trailing cables

•Power consumption is high - which means laptops soon exhaust their rechargeable batteries

•There may be health problems in using Wi-Fi

•There may be security problems even when using encryption

•Wi-Fi networks have a very limited range e.g. 150ft

•Can get interference if wireless network signals start to overlap

•Transmission speed slower than cable