Following the merger of Cingular Wireless and the former AT&T Wireless networks in 2006, Cingular wireless broadband services are now available in most major markets in America; and apparently their broadband products/service offerings have also been expanded.

Cingular Wireless (a joint venture between AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corporation -which is sometimes called Singular Wireless as well) is one of the largest wireless service providers in the United States, serving well over 50 million customers. What is not so known about Cingular's wirless product offering is that they have one of largest digital voice and data network in the nation. Its third generation (3G) wireless technology based network uses HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology to service its voice and data-services clients.

Most of the latest wireless-enabled gadgets (PDAs, Cell Phones, Pagers, Portable Computers, etc.) now include a direct uplink to the Internet.

Even though they often differ in terms of the wireless frequency spectrum used, the type of modulation employed, and the bandwidth they provide; most of them have one thing in common -a predefined route to a wireless router/gateway that is supposed to provide an apparently seamless connectivity to the Internet.

Whereas there has been a significant increase in the number of TELCOs (Verizon Wireless, AT T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Wireless, etc.) and WISPs that now provide nationwide (or even international) access to Wireless Internet Services that (usually) includes roaming capability for a relatively small monthly fee, a large majority of users still connect to the Internet using a fixed wireless internet gateway located within close proximity of their wifi-enabled devices.