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Part of holiday travel, or any travel in general, is the chance for a delay. After all, peak travel times means more opportunities for flights to be running late, and that means more chances for long waits in airports while the chance of making a connecting flight ticks away minute by minute. For more relaxed people, this is no sweat, but the average traveling family is going to notice a lot of complaining from children once all the books are read and video games are played.

Having a laptop has often meant that some of these travel delays can be worked through with the help of DVDs and video games, but sometimes it's just not enough. While many airports have wireless internet, many others don't, or their coverage is spotty or expensive. So what's a traveler to do, whether solo or with the family, when there's no entertainment left, or it's crucial to have the chance to write email on something larger than a BlackBerry?

This is where the latest version of the internet, WiMax, comes in handy. Unlike wireless, which requires proximity to some sort of router, this wireless internet bounces from tower to tower, not unlike the signal you receive on your cell phone. And just like cell phones have fewer and fewer dead spots around the country, it's possible for you to sit in just about any airport or train station in the whole country, whether in the heart of New York City or on some snowy lonesome Montana railway, and be able to connect to the internet.

Even better, the type of content that it's now easy to download from just about anywhere is greatly improved over what you can get through wireless internet. The premise of sitting still and trying to watch an episode of your favorite television show on an iPhone might be a little grating, but thanks to the fastest network in existence, certain providers of this great new internet offer the chance to stream high-quality video content from just about anywhere in no time at all.

This means that, with 4G, travelers can do it all: they can sit in Grand Central and Skype themselves into an important business conference; they can find a great movie that the kids love and give them the laptop for a couple of hours, or as long as the battery can last. And they can do their own important fact-finding, like watching local news online to see if there's any chance that the flight is actually going to land anytime soon.

The helpfulness of WiMax doesn't have to stop when the seasonal rush ends, either. For car trips anytime, business jaunts, or even your regular daily commute, it's a whole lot more helpful to have access to the whole internet, in all of its high-speed glory, than the abbreviated version that phone companies can offer up. And not just on the road, but at home, making this sort of switch will work wonders. Instead of worrying about your proximity to the router, take the laptop wherever you need to work. Want to sit in the front yard? You're not limited by your signal anymore. Whether it's near or far, the signal will go with you wherever you are.