3G data services for the home?

As 3G services finally begin to appear, [infoSync World editor] Larry Garfield sees a future for 3G data services not just for mobile devices, but for the home, too. ¶ In the past several weeks, 3G data services have finally begun to crop up from various mobile carriers around the world. Billed as the future of mobile communication, 3G services in theory can scale all the way to the megabit range while stationary, and the current generation of networks are advertising 300-500 kbps just to start. That's a huge jump from the 30 kbps or so one can expect from conventional "2.5G" services like GPRS and 1xRTT, and proponents and marketers alike love to talk about all the wonderful new mobile applications it will enable. But just as importantly, it can enable new fixed-point applications as well. ... infoSync World link