Comcast has a data cap of 250 GB for its cable modem customers and a number of ISPs are limiting the amount of data you can use every month.

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What this means is that when we are using a 4G network, our data speeds will be faster than ever before and depending on which flavor of 4G you use, the data speeds you will experience will be faster than many DSL and cable modem wired connections.

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In a smaller loop of, say, 4, 000 feet, data can hum along at up to 6 megabits per second, nearing cable modem speeds.

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Emerging data services like VoIP, in which a user plugs a phone handset into a special cable modem to make calls, are also starting to catch on.

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