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What is the difference between a wireless card and a mobile broadband card?

Filed Under Laptops & Notebooks 

euclid0911 asked:


When shopping for a Dell laptop, I’m faced with the option of a Dell wireless card or a Dell wireless mobile broadband card.

What’s the difference between the two?

Thanks.

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3 Responses to “What is the difference between a wireless card and a mobile broadband card?”

  1. undercoloteal on December 1st, 2009 12:43 pm

    The “wireless card” (more accurately wifi or IEEE 802.11) is for connecting to wireless access points like you can install in your house or are available in some airports or restaurants.

    Mobile broadband uses the cell phone network; you can have internet access anywhere there’s cell service, but you need to pay for the service.

  2. virtualguy92107 on December 2nd, 2009 4:51 am

    The wireless card connects you to a local computer network, yours or a hotspot provider’s which in turn is connected to the internet through an ISP. Mobile broadband is a direct cellular-phone type connection to a commercial internet provider like Sprint.

  3. waycar111 on December 3rd, 2009 5:21 am

    For the broadband card works when you 59 bucks month the broadband card wifi only works when you 59 bucks month to cost you 59 bucks month the wireless.