About twelve years back I worked for a telecommunications brand in the UK who was applying for a 3G licence. We never won a licence as the bidding and finalised costs reached around £40 billion
At the time, I had not got any idea what 3G was or what the final end user benefits would be.
Fast-forward some ten years and the nature of work, how we communicate and interact has been transformed. Those students, in the 18 to 22 years old age range, have grown up with this evolution.
They've been born into a mobile world. Let's call them wayfarers who drift from place to place and still be in relentless communication with buddies and relatives because of having 3G and Wi-Fi access on their smartphones.
But these type of traveling wilburys, rather like the rock band, with their traveling and free energetic nature now need to carry around countless valuable piece of hardware that need student travel insurance.
The scholar of 2012 will have a smartphone and a laptop PC and from experience of my own teen kids, be assured they don't look after or accountability for those things.
I have an iPhone and I deal with it like it's a valuable diamond. I wipe the screen each day. I keep it fully charged up. I back up the content every week and I always carry in a deep pocket. Whereas my daughter has dropped and smashed her iPhone screen twice. She's dropped her phone in mud at an out of doors music concert and had to have a replacement telephone; at my cost.
Knowing what I know, insurance is vital for youths and students. Preventing a teen or youth access to social networks, text messaging and their buddies is very like cutting off their left arm.
And it's not just the lost of the hardware; it is the loss of data like class papers and research links bookmarked on Web browsers that can be damaging also.
It's one particular thing to have a nomadic way of living just so long as you take the proper precautions; just in case!
At the time, I had not got any idea what 3G was or what the final end user benefits would be.
Fast-forward some ten years and the nature of work, how we communicate and interact has been transformed. Those students, in the 18 to 22 years old age range, have grown up with this evolution.
They've been born into a mobile world. Let's call them wayfarers who drift from place to place and still be in relentless communication with buddies and relatives because of having 3G and Wi-Fi access on their smartphones.
But these type of traveling wilburys, rather like the rock band, with their traveling and free energetic nature now need to carry around countless valuable piece of hardware that need student travel insurance.
The scholar of 2012 will have a smartphone and a laptop PC and from experience of my own teen kids, be assured they don't look after or accountability for those things.
I have an iPhone and I deal with it like it's a valuable diamond. I wipe the screen each day. I keep it fully charged up. I back up the content every week and I always carry in a deep pocket. Whereas my daughter has dropped and smashed her iPhone screen twice. She's dropped her phone in mud at an out of doors music concert and had to have a replacement telephone; at my cost.
Knowing what I know, insurance is vital for youths and students. Preventing a teen or youth access to social networks, text messaging and their buddies is very like cutting off their left arm.
And it's not just the lost of the hardware; it is the loss of data like class papers and research links bookmarked on Web browsers that can be damaging also.
It's one particular thing to have a nomadic way of living just so long as you take the proper precautions; just in case!
About the Author:
Paul Godin writes for Insure Direct who provide specialist student travel insurance and home, motor and commercial insurance.
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