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Article: It's time to be tetherless.(Wireless Internet)(Circuit Breakers)
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- Risk Management
- Article date:
- August 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Risk Management Society Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Can you imagine accessing the Internet on a handheld computer from anywhere in the world? Well, it's almost here. Just when you think you have all the terms and lingo under control, the Information Superhighway takes another unsuspected turn. This time it's "wireless transportation."
From China to Europe to the United States, wireless Internet is becoming a reality. Companies are becoming "through the introduction of a new array of wireless products, services and telecommunications distribution systems. Not limited to remote regions, the wireless Internet world is becoming available in urban areas. Users will soon be able to surf the Net from their palmtop computers ...