Although the transportation industry has flourished since the early 1800 days of Western Expansion, the increased availability of the Internet has made working as a trucker easier and more convenient. Not only can truckers stay in touch with friends and family, look up the best truck stops and restaurants along their routes, and find directions in the event of a detour, using the Internet in the cab has become a fresh, fast, and inexpensive way to keep drivers, companies, and customers in contact with one another. Also, the Internet is a great resource to keep safe on the road, allowing truckers to look up road conditions, severe weather, and other safety hazards that might impact their haul.

Although a new era trucker uses the Internet, or Internet powered devices such as GPS units and cell phones, on his or her daily drives, getting connected and staying connected on the road isn’t always easy. The conditions on the road are rough, and keeping a signal, or staying connected to the source if hooked up with hard wires, can often be quite challenging. To deal with the problem of technology and the road, a line of tough products have emerged. Not the stylish little phones that you see on display at the local mall, tough phones made from hard plastics with thick, black and white screens, exist for the trucker or construction worker for whom dropping the phone would be rather dangerous. In addition to cell phones, thick laptops in brief cases that are so secure and protected that they look like they’re carrying bombs are the product of choice for truckers who worry about fragile computers falling of seats and falling to pieces.

But although these products satisfy the urge for tough communication devices, they don’t answer truckers’ concerns about staying connected. Although communication companies developed special cell phone antennas that increase the area of a truckers’ cell phone network when he or she is on the phone, and such antennas often work for Internet users as well, a device has now been developed to deal directly with the problem of truckers becoming disconnected from the Internet on the long haul.

The TuffHub is a USB/Ethernet Hub that will keep a new era trucker connected in his or her cab without worries of roadway turbulence. Vibration tested and USB certified, the hub allows truckers to not only connect to the Internet, but also to run a variety of accessories with their computers that use USB hookups, such as printers, card readers, GPS units, digital cameras, and the like. Truckers who use this product can also add video in their vehicle through a special connection. While hubs like these can be found at many electronics’ stories, the TuffHub is specially formulated for use inside your vehicle.

Road tested against scenarios such as vibration, power surges, and electromagnetic interference, this device can stand up to almost any complication that connecting on the go can throw at it. Encased in a shock-resistant, self-extinguishing case, the Tuff Hub features connection points that are designed to prevent accidental disconnection from the communication source. Able to operate in extreme temperatures, and easy to mount in living quarters, this product will allow a new era trucker to stay connected wherever he or she may go. For truckers who are required to be connected to the Internet in order to communicate with bosses or customers, the Tuff Hub is a time and frustration saving device that will allow you to avoid the consequences of late reporting or of being unavailable. For truckers who generally use the Internet for safety updates, this product will make sure that you get your warnings even in the harshest of weather; and for truckers who use the Internet primarily for surfing an chatting with friends and family, Tuff Hub is a great way you to be able to continue your hobby.