Trade Show Unconnected No More: Taking Wireless Into Your Own Hands

Many convention centers still bring hassle to vendors when it comes to getting Internet Access at their booths. Ordering Internet access through a convention center or hotel venue is a task that makes the eyes roll, because of the extreme costs on your tradeshow bill can be up to $1200 dollars. Although through Wi-Fi and the Wireless PC Cards getting Internet access doesn’t have to be such a mess. Wireless is everywhere these days and a trade show is no exception. At trade shows, at coffee shops, airports, even at the park during your lunch break, getting a broadband connection quickly is the hype, the expected, demand, and part of our lives. And every day and more and more businesses are dismissing wires and relying on instant connections through wireless networks. Greg Barr from the Houston Business Journal is quoted, “Business users are also staying online with their WiFi connection longer -- average daily use increased 25 percent in the latest period to 87 minutes worldwide. U.S. users average 91 minutes per session.” It is difficult in our digital words to go a day without checking email and using the World Wide Web so planning ahead can keep you connected. So even if the tradeshow convention or hotel you are showcasing or attending rejects wireless service you can still get it if you have a wireless PC Card. (As long as your cell phone works- it should work). For options there is Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Cingular. Plans usually run from $20- $150 a month and having this service for your business is great especially if you are traveling a lot and have employees who use the Internet constantly you should consider alternative ideas to always be able to correspond.

In an article by Jon Van from the Chicago Tribune spotted some trends emerging this past late September at the WiMax World Trade Show at McCormick Place and a survey showed that, “four in 10 small-business owners said they couldn't easily survive without wireless technology. Half of those surveyed said they are more dependent on wireless now than they were two years ago, and 55 percent said they expect to be more dependent upon it two years from now.”

With this in mind at a trade shows and conference having a Wi-Fi wireless networking service shouldn't be left up to fate, having an Internet connection and getting a T1 line and high speed Internet at a trade show sometimes means taking matters into your own hands. If you need a temporary wireless PC Card for your laptop most audio visual computer rental companies have this service and can include it with your rental package. ICCRents is now renting this wireless PC card service for trade shows, corporate travels and special events and meetings, and it is a great comfort to know that you don’t have to sacrifice your marketing plans and tactics and you can get a low cost Internet access easily anywhere.

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