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The coming age of general Broadband use bearing down upon us, minute by minute, is going to leave many changes in its wake. Some will be welcome; others will demand all we can do, just to keep up!
Of course, items like high quality graphics, streaming video and movies on demand will be commonplace. On the other hand, Broadband spells the end of most common text-only websites. Let’s face it: the consumer wants more! Offering a good deal with high quality service won’t do it anymore.
Websites that cater to the newfound appetite for quality audio and video content will get the sale. Obviously, that makes perfect sense! It brings to mind an experience I had while learning Photoshop. I purchased a very big manual and it took me three weeks just to get my feet wet. A good friend bought a video tutorial and arrived at my level of skill in two days!
There are many other things audio and video can explain better and in much shorter time than text, as in the example above. We’re not talking just innovation; but also, the very deep and long-lasting impact the technology is going to produce.
I was reading an informative article written by Darrin Coe, titled The Internet Consumer Exposed. It’s a piece compiled from larger studies of the habits and lifestyles of Internet centered consumers. By the conclusions reached in the item, it does appear the consumer will smile upon the coming Broadband changes. Here is Darrin’s website: http://dcoe1.tripod.com/exposed1/
There are some Marketers actively staking out their Broadband future. One that comes to mind is Jim Edwards. Jim is also a well known writer and syndicated newspaper columnist and - not to mention - a very pleasant person.
A week or so ago, I received an email from Jim inviting me to witness the birth of his new multimedia Newsletter I Gotta tell You. I was speechless! Very seldom do we get to watch one of the early events giving birth to a revolution! It is content delivery that’s light years away and will only get better and better. Good work Jim!
Here is Jim’s Newsletter: http://www.igottatellyou.com/
Another application that’s blazing a trail into Broadband is the Instant Video Generator sold by Armand Morin, Alex Mandossian and Rick Raddatz. Though they claim it works as well with a dial up connection, I can see it carving out a big chunk of the Broadband market. I’ve gone to the website and viewed a few presentations. It does seem to work quite well! The buffering is almost instantaneous and the quality very good. Here is the website: http://instantvideogenerator.com
Conclusion
Start taking the necessary steps to get on the multimedia bandwagon or suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs! Broadband dominance will become an inescapable reality of the very near future. As Stark Trek’s Borg say: Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!
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Francisco Aloy is the author of Yes, I Want to Start My Internet Business Without Being SCAMMED!. He has an online business catering to the needs of the Newbie Net Entrepreneur. Visit his site to see more of Mr. Aloy’s articles. http://www.newbie-business-guide.com
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Keywords: broadband, multimedia, marketing, business, website, audio, video, content, text
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Are you a dial-up user looking for a faster connection, but don’t like Broadband prices? If so, you should take a look at a new service called OnSpeed, which has received rave reviews in Internet technology publications.
What OnSpeed does is to re-route web pages and email via its own servers, compressing the data on the fly prior to sending it onwards to your PC. A small program then decompresses the data, so that you can view it in the normal way via your browser or email client.
In my own dial-up tests, with a modem running at a nominal 49kb/s I appeared to get speeds close to that of my normal broadband connection of 598 kb/s - very impressive. Image quality is often reduced but the compression for this can be improved, though with an adverse effect on the speed of course.
Some file types like MP3 also cannot yet be compressed. The company is working on these issues however and expects to find solutions soon.
Unfortunately I was unable to use email in my tests, due to a ‘port’ conflict with a spam filter that I was using. The standard advice on the OnSpeed site for such cases is to disable the offending program. Not a constructive approach - to say the least - so I hope that the relevant instructions will be changed soon.
More significantly, the problem persisted even when I switched off the OnSpeed application on my PC; in the end I had to remove the program to get the spam filter working again. I expect that this fault can be resolved, but clearly there are issues in this area that need to be addressed.
The software is easy to install, and is available for Mac as well as Windows PCs. On the whole the service is surprisingly good, and a lot cheaper than broadband. Unlike other ’speed-up’ techniques that tweak your computer’s settings but result in little noticeable improvement, OnSpeed really works.
I can recommend OnSpeed for dial-up users who can’t justify the expense of broadband, or who are not located close enough to a suitable exchange. OnSpeed is also stated to be great for mobile or PDA users, as GPRS (wireless) speeds can be boosted by as much as 8 times. It even helps with broadband if you can only get a reduced service in your area.
My overall rating is 4/5 - very good, but the email support needs to be improved.
If you want further details of OnSpeed, please visit http://www.On-Speed.net. There is a 14 day money-back guarantee, so you can try the service without any risk.
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Do you find yourself waiting around for your Internet pages to load or digital photo files and other attachments to transfer?
Do your friends and family complain that they can never get through on the phone line because you or your kids are always online.Chances are you are still using dial up Internet service.Perhaps its time to consider an alternative method.
The main three types of high speed access include DSL, cable and satellite Internet. At the current time, DSL service providers and cable are not available in all areas. Some parts of the country do not have access to either option. Good satellite Internet reception is dependant on an unobstructed line of sight to the south. So where you live can make a big difference in which high speed Internet service you choose.
Here are some overviews of each service and comparisons for those fortunate to have more than one option available:
DSL Service Providers
DSL, which stands for Digital Subscriber Line, describes a technology that taps into unused frequencies on copper telephone lines to transmit information at much higher speeds. There is no dialup and accessing services. So access is immediate. With DSL, you can send both voice and high speed data over the same line. The bandwidth, or data transfer capacity, or DSL ranges from 128 Kbps to 1.544 Mbps downstream to your . Upstream transfer from your is usually limited to 128 Kbps. Bandwidth is dedicated so you dont have to share with other users, but DSL is also more effective the closer you are to service provider’s facilities. If your local area has plenty of cable bandwidth available it may be a better option for those located greater distances from a DSL provider. Average monthly charges for DSL services are around $55-$65.
Verizon is one of the leading providers of high speed DSL service, with a large coverage area. With Verizon DSL you get a monthly package for $34.95 that includes unlimited access with a personalized home page, 9 e-mail accounts, and 10 megabytes of web space. For those customers with multiple s in the home, there is a home networking option available. You can connect multiple home s and laptops to a single high-speed DSL Internet connection at no additional monthly cost.
Earthlink DSL is another option. Their basic package, which includes the same features as Verizons offer also includes a free dial-up service which allows you to enjoy 20 hours of Internet access per month when you’re away from home. This package typically costs $39.99 per month. Earthlink also offers cable and satellite Internet.
As noted, DSL uses copper telephone wires. Rural areas and some cities do not have these wires available for large volume use, which means that DSL is not yet an option in those areas, even if Verizon, Earthlink or another provider offers services there.
Cable
If you have cable TV available in your area, chances are that you have access to Internet through your cable provider. This service uses the same wires as your cable TV programming and depending on the provider and the area, there may be a good deal of bandwidth available or a more limited amount. Because users share bandwidth, this could be an issue for those living in areas with limited amounts available for Internet use. It is a good question to ask your cable provider before signing up. Your choice for cable Internet is typically limited to only those providers who offer cable TV in your area. On average, cable Internet does tend to be a bit faster than DSL. Service is often slightly less expensive than DSL, averaging around $45 per month.
Satellite
If you do not have DSL or cable Internet available in your area, satellite Internet may provide a viable option. Its speed is comparable to other high speed Internet services, its always on, and you have the option of adding satellite TV service. However, it requires that you have a clear view of the southern sky from your home anywhere in the continental United States in order to receive good reception from the satellites. The service is typically a good deal more expensive than the other two high speed options discussed, averaging around $100 per month with installation fees of up to $400.
Some people confuse satellite Internet with whats known as WiFi. WiFi Internet services are actually provided by access nodes located in high traffic areas such as airports and hotel or through Internet cafes. If you have a laptop equipped with WiFi receiver, you can access services from within about 1000 feet of the node. There is typically a fee to use this service. It is a good idea for travelers but does not meet the need for home Internet use because it required the access node.
Although there are several satellite Internet providers, they all use similar technology. DirecTV is a popular provider because they are also a top satellite TV company. DirecTV satellite Internet service is delivered through a wholly owned subsidiary, DIRECWAY. DirecTV satellite Internet costs $99.99 per month and requires customers to purchase a satellite dish and modem. Installation is typically available from the distributor.
Comparisons
Consult a comparison chart such as the High Speed Internet Guide which should give you a fair idea of the speed and costs involved. However, it is important to note that the data transfer rates you can get from either DSL or Cable will depend entirely on whatever local providers are in your area.
About the Author:
C.J. Gustafson is a successful freelance writer for 1st-Dish-TV.net, a consumer guide for free satellite TV systems. She has spent hours of time researching cable, DSL service providers, and high speed satellite Internet service providers for her home office. She dreams one day attaching the satellite dish to her RV and spending the winters writing from wherever it’s warmest that week
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Keywords: DSL service providers, high speed satellite Internet service provider
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Ka Band VSAT* satellite internet technology has enormous possibilities for telecommuters, rural locations and eventually for Motor Home users around the U.S. - if it works! Ka Band satellite internet is an all new approach to sending and receiving internet traffic from space (satellites used for internet are at least 23,000 miles from Earth). *Very small aperture terminal.
The key improvements in Ka band technology from the blanket approach used up to now are:
1.Ka Band employs spot beams rather than broadcasting over an entire Continent.a far more efficient use of the available bandwidth resulting in lower monthly service cost to end users (as low as $49 per mo.).
2.Ka Band doesnt require a very large dish (the dish is about the size of a trash can lid) to produce high speed internet in either direction (downloads & uploads are very fast), resulting in a lower equipment cost to consumers.
3.Ka Band uses technology that drastically lowers latency (the lag created by data traveling all the way to space and back).
When available, Ka band will enable remote teleworkers and consumer users to surf, work and email successfully at speeds approaching DSL & Cable for roughly $450-$650 for equipment and $49.00 to $95.00 per month for service. Users can expect download speeds at roughly 1500 kbps (kilobits per second) and upload speeds from 128-256 kbps, more than enough to handle most any work or leisure scenario. The cost is higher than DSL and Cable but when you cant get anything but dial-up, the cost might well be worth it for the 20,000,000 or so folks out there with nothing but a phone (if that!). Another benefit of this technology is users will now be able to take advantage of Voice over IP (using the internet to make regular phone calls). Current satellite technology (Direcway and Starband) has too much inherent latency to allow successful VOIP, unless you are willing to say over like a walkie-talkie connection, after each sentence! I currently make unlimited calls Nationwide for a flat cost of $25.00 per month and nobody can tell the difference in voice quality. I can call Europe for about $.03 per minute or less! The savings are big, but for some rural homeowners it might be the only telephone service they are able to get.
The service will initially be offered by Wild Blue Communications, a Denver based company, owned by several major Media outfits. Two other companies, SES Americom and Echostar have indicated they will join in the fray by next year. They are planning to start offering service sometime in the 2nd Quarter of 2005.but I dont expect it to be universally available until late in 2005. I will have monthly updates on the progress they are making at: www.vsatus.com . If you have been waiting for super fast internet service, your ship might have finally come in!
About the Author:
Randy Scott has been involved in the bidirectional satellite internet industry from its beginning as a Sr. Sales Engineer, consultant and business owner. Randy is the founder of VSAT U.S., a consulting and sales agent, representing the most prestigious satellite internet providers in the U.S. For more information about Ka Band technology or current VSAT satellite internet offerings, visit http://www.vsatus.com or email info@vsatus.com .
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Keywords: VSAT, VSAT Satellite Broadband, Vsat internet
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The revolution is just getting started and will be begin to make its mark this year. By 2010, it will begin to take off. By 2025, it will be the standard for all TV viewing. It’s called Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV for short. IPTV works with a set-top box connected to any broadband interface and to a TV. It will allow users to choose among thousands (and eventually hundreds of thousands) of hours of programming, including movies, sports, classic TV, etc., and download their selections from the internet to the hard drive of the set-top box.
Initially, set-top box hard drives will be able to store up to 300 hours of programming at a time, but capacity will expand as the technology becomes more refined. Also, download times will become shorter and shorter as broadband connection speeds become faster and faster. Eventually, a two-hour movie will be fully downloadable in a couple of minutes. Once the programs are downloaded to the hard drive, they can be viewed on the connected TV at any time via a DVR-type interface provided by the set-top box.
Besides the convenience of an all video-on-demand (VOD) environment, IPTV will provide a much wider range of programming than broadcast, cable, and satellite TV, or even major video chains, could ever provide. Because the programming is available from the internet, it will be almost completely unlimited and unconstrained. Programming from all over the world will be available along with every imaginable genre of niche programming. Also, previously unreleased independent films that have been sitting on shelves for years due to the lack of a distribution source will suddenly become available to the masses via IPTV. Films that previously could not be made at all will become a reality and be available on the IPTV services. Long forgotten films and TV shows will have new life breathed into them by IPTV. To top it all off, much of this programming will be eventually be available in high definition (HDTV)!
Most IPTV platforms will be divided into channels, but not the same kind of channels that we have grown accustomed to with traditional TV services. In this case, a channel is defined as a division of an IPTV service by individual content provider. Each content provider carried by a given IPTV platform will have its own guidelines for delivering programming on its channel. Some will provide their content for free to everyone who owns a given IPTV product. Some will be subscription based, i.e., everything on their channels will be available for a monthly or annual subscription. Others will be all pay-per-view. Still others will provide a combination of all of the above.
Several entrants into this market have either already debuted or plan to debut sometime this year. Among those are Akimbo (www.akimbo.com), DAVETV (www.dave.tv), TimeShifTV (www.timeshiftv.com), and VCinema (www.vcinema.com). Please see their respective websites for more details, as each one will offer a slightly different variation of IPTV technology. In addition, a joint venture between TiVo (www.tivo.com) and NetFlix (www.netflix.com) will be starting up later this year. TiVo plans to eventually make the entire Netflix DVD library available to its customers on an on-demand basis via a broadband connection to a TiVo box and a TV. Other potential IPTV contenders will be announcing their intentions over the next year or two. One of these nascent IPTV services headquartered near my home has already started placing help wanted ads in my local newspaper.
Within the next 20 years, all the fuss over broadcast TV indecency will become irrelevant, as there will be very little other than news and live sporting events on broadcast TV. The major networks will shift most of their entertainment programs to IPTV to avoid all the broadcast content restrictions currently being enforced by the FCC. Eventually, broadcast TV will cease to exist. Cable and satellite services as we know them will also become extinct. Yes, there will still be cable and satellite platforms, but they, along with DSL and wireless internet services, will exist merely as conduits for bringing broadband internet into homes and offices. There won’t be any more cable and satellite TV, per se. The now 60-year-old paradigm of television schedules in which programs air at specific times on specific days of the week will pretty much be a thing of the past. Everything, except what’s left of broadcast TV, will be exclusively available on demand via an IPTV platform.
These developments in no way mean that all TV programming will become more risqu. While there will be plenty of risqu programming available to those who want it, there will an almost unlimited supply of family and religious programs available. With a veritable smorgasbord of entertainment options at your fingertips, there will be something available for all tastes. IPTV may not turn out to be a TV utopia, but it’s at least going to come close that ideal.
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and trivia buff from Hopewell, VA. He also serves as a political columnist for American Daily and operates his own website - http://www.commenterry.com - on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.
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You’ve set up your Boingo account, you’re hanging out at the Home Turf sports bar in LAX and you figure you’ll do a little business or check your e-mail while sipping a Chardonnay. Well, that’s the point of Wi-Fi hotspots; being able to take care of a few things while in a relaxing atmosphere.
Don’t, however, get so relaxed that you ignore security and give all your confidential information to some unscrupulous hacker. Yeah, you see the guy. He’s over in the corner wearing that fake nose and glasses with the ridiculous Bozo the Clown cap. Yep, drinking a Blatz. Dead give away.
Sorry, they won’t be that obvious, I doubt they ever drink Blatz and very seldom wear clown caps. When you’re thinking back, trying to remember who was around when your password was stolen, you probably won’t remember the woman in the tastefully tailored business suit, and if, by chance, you do, she won’t be the one you suspect. The best defense is to implement some simple security practices and measures that will safeguard your business and personal information.Hot Spot Security: Simple StuffBe aware of those around you.
When you’re considering Wi-Fi security in public places one of the first safeguards is anything but high tech. Remember a few years ago when people were getting huge phone bills because someone was watching as they keyed in pass codes? It’s still happening to Wi-Fi network subscribers. Do what you can to keep prying eyes from your keyboard and screen. You pay good money for your monthly subscription and there’s no reason to let anyone piggyback or steal your credit card number as you sign up for a daily use fee at Starbucks.Speaking of passwords:
Those of us who toil and travel are prime targets for those who may be of the persuasion to purloin. In other words, it’s quite possible to be targeted for laptop theft. Use a complex password to protect your files, folders and laptop from access by those villains of concourse and lobby.Don’t Share!
Yes, I know, mothers have been telling us to share for centuries but, at least while using a Wi-Fi hotspot, make sure you disable file sharing. It might be great for the home and good at the office but it’s disaster in the making at your favorite coffee house.Use a Personal Firewall.
If you’re using a corporate laptop make sure you talk to your IT department before you install any firewalls but if the laptop you’re using is your own let me suggest downloading a copy of ZoneAlarm. There are others of course but, for personal use, since ZoneAlarm is free and seems to test better than the rest I can’t see a reason to recommend another.
Most of the reasons for using a firewall should be self-evident but, to say the least, you’ll want to be made aware of any traffic coming or going and any unusual communication between applications.Hot Spot Security: Less Simple StuffBeware the Evil Twin
Otherwise known as ‘Rogue Hotspots’ or the ’soft AP attack’ this Wi-Fi version of the e-mail Phishing scam is perpetrated by hackers who jam and mimic the signal and SSID of a legitimate hotspot. They then serve up a sign-in page garnering usernames, passwords and, in some cases, credit card numbers. If they go so far as to allow a connection to the Internet they’re then in the position to intercept unencrypted traffic as well as any files open to sharing (Don’t Share!).
There are a few things you can do to protect yourself from ‘Evil Twins’:
Don’t set your Wi-Fi card to allow automatic connection to any available network.
Check the list of available SSIDs to make sure you’re connecting to the right one.
Turn off the ad-hoc mode allowing other clients to connect directly to you.
Turn off your Wi-Fi card entirely as soon as you’re finished.
Use the personal or enterprise version of ‘AirDefense’, whichever may be appropriate.
Although a firewall won’t keep you from connecting to an ‘Evil Twin’ it will help to safeguard your information should you inadvertently fall victim.Encrypt Confidential Information
Data that’s transmitted between yourself and a secure Web site can be counted on to be safe from the Starbucks Snidely Whiplash so when you’re purchasing goods, or banking on-line, you can do so without fear. When you’re logging onto the secure portion of the site, however, you may be doing so without the protection of security so be careful to note whether or not the sign in page is secured (https).
When sending e-mail there are a few things you can do to safeguard yourself. For example, instead of using Outlook or Thunderbird, take advantage of your ISP’s Web interface which, in most cases, will be secure and should protect your data during transmission.
If you frequently encounter the need to send large files via e-mail then using a compression program will meet your need to reduce the size of the file and most compression programs will also secure the data with encryption.
Another option is to use a free encryption program like Cryptainer LE. Cryptainer LE can encrypt any or all the files stored on your hard drive, protecting them in case your laptop is stolen or compromised, as well as allow you to e-mail them with the security of encryption. Cryptainer PE is also offered for enterprise applications.Use a Virtual Private Network
Think of a virtual private network (VPN) as a solid conduit, or tunnel, between your laptop and your company’s network. By using a VPN your communications will be as secure as they would be if you were sitting at your desk.
Mac OS X, Windows 2000 and Windows XP have built in VPN clients and if you’re a user of Windows 98, ME or NT you can download the free Microsoft L2TP/IPSec VPN Client from Microsoft. If you’re a Linux user you can download the free S/WAN VPN client.
While the use of a VPN is one of the best ways to protect your confidential data when you’re using a Wi-Fi hotspot it is, unfortunately, limited to communication between your laptop and your company’s server. If you want to conduct personal business with similar security levels the best solution may be the award winning GoToMyPC software.Use Anti-Virus Software
It’s somewhat surprising that so many people are aware of the dangers of ‘net borne viruses and, yet, so many either fail to incorporate anti-virus programs like McAfee & Norton or fail to keep them up to date. When you’re using a public hotspot it’s more important than ever to have anti virus software installed.
Once you’ve got the software up and running make sure that it’s updated on a regular basis and update it anytime you hear about a new virus or a new version of an old virus. If you’ve got an auto-update feature built into your program make sure you take advantage of it.Conclusion
By following these security measures you should be able to enjoy, with the confidence that your private information will remain private, your favorite Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.
Phil Haley is a technical writer and the editor of Refurbished Laptop Computer Info. For more information regarding buying, maintaining, upgrading or enjoying a laptop computer visit Refurbished Laptop Computer Info where you’ll also find the complete Great Wi-Fi Guide.
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Dialup Internet access is the cheapest way to get connected to the Internet. Even though the use of latest, high-speed Internet access technologies such as DSL and cable are now growing, dialup access is still a good option; it is also sometimes the only option for people in places where access to technology is still absent. Additionally, it is the ideal Internet connection for people on a limited budget who need a decent Internet connection.
If you are interested in obtaining dialup access, you will see that there are quite a big number of Internet service providers offering dialup access. Choosing the best from among these ISPs can be a confusing task. The best way to do so is to first verify your needs as well as your budget and then look for the ISP that will satisfy these needs adequately. When looking for a dialup ISP, there are many factors you should consider.
Aside from the features that come bundled with the dialup service and the billing options available, vital issues that you should consider are the Internet dialup access numbers. These access numbers are necessary for the phone line to be able to connect you to the Internet. Make sure the ISP you choose offers local access numbers. This way, you can avoid costly long-distance charges.
If you need to travel, ask if your ISP provides access numbers for a wide range of locations. Some ISPs have a toll-free access number. Do research on the ISPs you are considering. Some provide an access number lookup on their sites. Just enter your phone number, and they will provide you with a list of the available dialup access numbers you can use in your area. You can also ask the Internet dialup access providers customer service representative to get more information.
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Although the use of high-speed Internet access is now on the rise, dialup Internet access is still widely available. This is because dialup access is still the most economical way to connect to the Internet. In places where DSL and other Internet technology are not yet present, dialup is the best option to get Internet access. Also, for people on a tight budget, dialup access is the cheapest option.
Many Internet service providers now offer improved dialup access. The speed of these dialup access services have increased considerably, thanks to software upgrades. If you are planning to get Internet dialup access, you will find a wide choice of Internet dialup access providers. Choosing the best deal from among the maze of plans and services can be overwhelming. However, there are some quick points you can look for when choosing a dialup access provider.
When choosing an ISP, go with a company a proven track record of providing high-quality dialup access. Some ISPs offering still provide excellent dialup access services as part of their options. Some important issues with dialup access are the time it takes to connect to the Internet and the disruptions that can occur once connected. Check out the other features that the ISPs offer such as free email addresses, virus protection, SPAM blockers, and others.
Another important factor that you should take in consideration is the billing method. For dialup access, local access numbers must be available to avoid long-distance charges. If you are looking for the best dialup access service, devote time and effort to research and ask around. There is a wide choice of ISPs available, but you can narrow down these choices and finally pick the best one by determining your needs and budget and looking for the ISP that will meet these factors satisfactorily.
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As the influence and use of the Internet continues to revolutionize the way we live our lives, Internet access has become an important necessity for most people. As Internet connection technologies progress, we can now access the Internet at lightning-fast speeds through a Internet access. However, Internet is still quite expensive. Is there still a free or inexpensive way to connect to the Internet? Yes there is.
Although Internet dialup access is the slowest type of Internet connection, it is also the easiest and most economical way to connect to the Internet. All you need, aside from a , is a modem and a telephone line. If you have a limited budget or dont want to spend too much on Internet access dialup is the best option. And if you are really conscious of you budget, you will be pleased to know that you can also access the Internet using a dialup connection for free.
Some Internet service providers offer free Internet dialup access as part of their services. All you need to do is dial the ISPs free Internet access numbers, and you can surf the Internet for free. ISPs also offer dialup Internet access with either a per-minute rate or a fixed monthly rate. However, free Internet dialup access is not entirely free since your usage on your phone line will most likely reflect on your next phone bill. Nevertheless, free Internet dialup access is the most cost-effective way to connect to the World Wide Web.
If you wish to save on Internet costs and opt for a free Internet dialup access, you can ask the Internet service providers in your area if they offer such services. You can also look online for the best free Internet access deals. Some sites provide information on free Internet dialup access numbers that you can use.
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What is Broadband
Broadband can be described as a way to share information or any chunks of data that lies on the vast network known as the internet. The term Broadband explains the method that is used in conjunction with this data in order for it to be sent and retrieved. In short and easy terms, you could explain broadband by saying that it was the prime successor of dialup modems. During the dawn of the internet, where houses were beginning to get connected using first-generation modems, these little box would allow a transfer that varied between a couple of kilobytes per second to around fifty kilobytes per second; with broadband, these transfers can vary from hundreds of kilobytes per second to literally thousands of kilobytes per second. Seeing the net amelioration in data transfer, it was quite comprehensible that many companies wanted to get control over this new technology. No single company was able to grab the title of monopoly, thus every one of them were able to keep on existing (which could not have beenpossible through a monopoly) and altogether, we can classify this group of companies as the Broadband Marketplace.
What does the Broadband Marketplace do?
An easy way to define a Broadband Marketplace is to think of it as a giant mall where you can go shop for the broadband distributor of your choice, instead of having to deal with a single company that controls all of the market. A very good point about having a group of providers instead of a single entity is the resulting war that will ensue between them. Providers will obviously try to get as many subscribers as possible, and to do so, they will have to attract you in any means necessary; this resulting feud means that you can look around for rebates, bonus, referral programs and many innovative market stunts that they will offer, all will be in the customers advantage. Below, you will see some points that tackle this so-called marketplace, as well as tell you what you should be looking for aside from the cheapest provider available.
Which Broadband Provider is the best?
Sometime, we look at similar products and we make our choice based solely on one aspect, the price. As far as it goes, selecting the cheapest service is a valid way to pick a provider, but it is probably not the best.
Connection Speed
When you are browsing through websites or downloading content, data packets are transferred from your computer to the location of those packets. The transfer rate should vary from 256 kilobytes per second to 1.5 megabytes per second and the higher the number is, the better it is for you (while taking in consideration that 1.5Megs is the highest of the two, as it is close to 1500 kilobytes per second.) As well, some Broadband provider may have a clause in which they reinforce a cap or transfer limit in which you cannot download more than the said limit per month. Depending on your activities, you may ask tech-savvy friends if the imposed limit of a provider is enough for you.
Service
Just like every other service out there, your internet connection is bound to come face to face with trouble; when those time arise, you will undoubtedly have to call your providers customer service. Be sure that the provider that you select has a good reputation when it comes to customer service, as theres nothing worst for you than having trouble with your line, and have someone on the tech support that is not being helpful to you.
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Do you remember using the Internet back when you had to dial in using a modem? First you dialled, then you listened to screeching noises, and then, if you were lucky, you were connected at a snails pace. Worse, it was impractical to leave the connection on all the time, as it would drop out at random and have to redial every time you restarted the machine.
If youre unlucky enough to still be using dial-up Internet access, I feel for you. Why not come and join us in the age of broadband? Broadband is revolutionary, always-on, much faster Internet access, letting you download much larger files and use the Internet whenever you want, with no waiting. If youve been put off broadband because you think its expensive, think again the remaining dial-up ISPs like AOL are charging just as much for dial-up access as you would pay for broadband.
The biggest problem many new broadband users have, though, is confusion over what kind of broadband they should get. With that in mind, heres a basic rundown.
DSL broadband is the most common kind. It is broadband that works over a normal phone line, as long as the telephone exchange is DSL-enabled, and can be bought either from your existing phone provider or from a dedicated ISP.
Another common kind of broadband is cable. Instead of buying it from your phone supplier, you get it from your cable TV supplier, often as part of a package deal. If you already have cable, this can be a better option for you, as it is often cheaper and faster than DSL.
Finally, if youre stuck out in the middle of nowhere without a DSL-enabled line and with no local cable company, you should consider satellite broadband. Satellite broadband is a clever way of accessing the Internet using a normal dial-up connection to send things but a satellite to download them. While its not cheap and suffers in the speed stakes, it is much better than sticking with dial-up.
John Gibb is the owner of broadband information For more information on broadband please check out http://www.broadband-information-stop.info
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A Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) is integral to the smooth, timely, and quality delivery of health care in every medical setting today. Not only are they integral but they are crucial to the clinical and business cts at Amazon.com’>aspects of radiology practice as we know it. However, PACS have long faced challenges in delivering this digital imaging support to such diagnostic modalities as X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging [MRI, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Teleradiology. The main issue has always been the availability of sufficient bandwidth (load and speed)…..at a reasonable cost…..to support the growing demand for quick easy web-based access by medical providers. As Medical Imagery becomes more and more digitalized….with bandwidth improvements, communication will be faster and easier, and it will be possible to transmit heavier studies in less time and with high quality.
An internal (facility owned) PACS leverages a common infrastructure for all the digital imaging modalities and provides image storage and archiving….with recall as needed….for an entire medical facility or campus. By instituting a web enabled distribution system a facility PACS is able to provide ready image access to the immediate radiology department as well as the full range of clinicians and specialists, especially surgeons and referring physicians. To ensure functionality at the high level required means facing the heavy bandwidth appetite of the modalities supported.
Even an Application Service Provider (ASP) company that hosts applications, manages them and rents access to images from a centrally managed facility is not immune to the bandwidth concern. ASP providers allow an institution to outsource information technology applications infrastructure, management, support and maintenance. As defined by the ASP Industry Consortium, ASP service is designed to deliver and manage applications and computer services from remote data centres to multiple users via the Internet or a private network. therein lies they’re challenge….a high bandwidth requirement delivered over often a subtantial difference on an on-demand basis.
PACS manufacturers have developed numerous solutions to get around the bandwidth problem. They’ve compressed images, supported standard network interfaces and protocols such as Ethernet and TCP/IP, and deployed local area networks (LANs) with high bandwidths to link hospitals or referring physicians in a contained environment. But how do they handle bandwidth when institutions are separated by tens or hundreds of miles, especially since images have become larger and more complicated?
Some PACS vendors rely on the communications infrastructure in an area, which varies with the bandwidth that is available from the local telephone company and the price a hospital is willing to pay, said Frederick Wagner, manager of PACS for Toshiba. Other PACS providers offer streaming technology that transports high-quality images in real time over any bandwidth, including telephone lines and enterprise-wide LANs.
Another contributing solution is a technology called Pixels-on-Demand by Real Time Media. This technology speeds processing by capturing images from archives or PACS storage without waiting for preprocessing, immediately streams data from selected regions of interest, and delivers the most visually important features of an image to the viewer first.
The underlying solution to the bandwidth issue goes beyond even system technologies, network interfaces, image compression, and infrastructure protocols. It lies with the provision of the appropriate bandwidth capacity (circuits)….at a reasonable cost….via leveraging the fiber-optic infrastructure available throughout the United States. Enabling direct fiber-optic connectivity internally, or between hospitals and distant data centers, is the most cost-effective application of bandwidth. Use of Optical Carrier (Sonet Ring) bandwidth (likely OC3 or OC48) or Gigabit Ethernet allows a medical facility to optimize it’s Local Area Network (LAN). While ASP organizations can scale their application service provider (ASP) service to small imaging centers as well as large, far-flung health systems.
To find a fiber optic infrastructure provider which can deliver the right bandwidth solution for your medical imaging application…..I strongly recommend that you take advantage of the free consultation available from an independent bandwidth broker such as DS3-Bandwidth.com.
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications….including Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you’re always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.
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Keywords: ASP, fiber optic, OC3, OC48, medical imagery, PACS, telaradiology, CT, MRI, digital imaging, PET
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Your boss has put you in charge of finding a replacement for your frame relay. Your service is slow, expensive, and inflexible. Someone in your IT department mentions MPLS, but those initials are foreign to you.
Don’t panic…read on to learn what MPLS is and what it can do for you:
* Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) was invented to solve the problem of bridging multiple disparate protocols such as Frame Relay, ATM and Ethernet.
* Over the last few years, MPLS has won the battle within core networks and has become the dominant internetworking technology.
* Carriers have deployed IP/MPLS core routers in order to support existing legacy networks more cost effectively.
* Fundamentally, MPLS employs an encapsulation technique providing internetworking between different technologies, coupled with signaling protocols necessary to discover, configure and manage connectivity.
* In addition to signaling protocols, MPLS uses resiliency protocols, such as Fast Re-route and Bi-directional Fault Detection, to determine failures and in turn switching to standby links.
* The strength of these protocols combined with the popularity of MPLS core networks have made MPLS a logical choice for extending into metro networks.
* Vendors have responded by creating MPLS-enabled multi-service platforms with a mixture of legacy port options.
MPLS combines the multi-service and traffic management capabilities of ATM with the scalability of packet networks to create a best-of-breed service provider network. Key drivers towards MPLS deployment include:
* Cost reduction through data network convergence: MPLS facilitates the convergence of disparate Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet and IP networks onto a single infrastructure to reduce capital and operational expenses.
* Integration of voice, video and data services: MPLS’s traffic management capabilities enable this services triple play on a common backbone.
* New high-margin revenue opportunities through MPLS-based service offerings: MPLS’s flexibility, high availability and multi-service support enables service providers to offer strict SLAs, increasing revenue and margins.
MPLS can lower operational costs by integrating multiple services onto a common backbone; has integrated capabilities which enable service providers to offer strict SLAs and thereby increase revenue and margins; and facilitates the convergence of disparate Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet and IP networks onto a single infrastructure to reduce capital and operating expenses.
Next question…..which providers offer this service and how do you find out if it is available in all of your locations?
Easy answer….take advantage of the free consultative services of a bandwidth broker such as DS3-Bandwidth.com. They specialize in finding just the right bandwidth solutions to fit any business application requirement. They’ll do all the research for your company including negotiating the best rates from available vendors in your area.
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications….including Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you’re always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.
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Keywords: MPLS, bandwidth, frame relay, IP network, ethernet, technology, Multi-protocol label switching
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The prospects for WiMAX technology as a viable business opportunity are often the subject of debate amidst numerous actual or perceived challenges. Applying these innovative insights can make these arguments and challenges disappear.
Unlike most people’s expectation of rural deployments, you might consider targeting SME’s in urban areas. There are several reasons for this:
There is a growing demand in business for bandwidth capable of carrying symmetrical traffic, for voice, applications and uploading of larger files.
There is a small but growing need for separated last mile services. Currently, however many wired service providers you have, they all use the incumbents’ last mile infrastructure based on its nearest telephone exchange location unless you have paid for an expensive dig from the next nearest exchange. This leads to single points of failure and the potential for business communications to be down for days, as can happen say with a cable duct fire somewhere in the spoke.
Your worst case environment would be a very high-density urban area with lots of interfering buildings, has multiple fibre networks, ADSL and SDSL in every exchange, hundreds of competing suppliers, a restrictive property planning regime with many ‘listed’ buildings, and no spare spectrum for FWA except the public 5.8GHz band.
To do this, because of the scale of competition from other service providers, your model needs to be disruptive. It has to offer things that businesses need (like QoS, toll-quality VoIP, high-quality video, symmetric bandwidth, higher capacities and network separation etc) at a lower cost.
This means stripping all unnecessary cost out of the model. You’ll benefit from a quality RF planning tool that gives you a major advantage over other operators - mapping exactly where you can provide service, how to set up the customer antenna, what bandwidth can be achieved etc, based on your base-stations. You need to know exactly how to tune base-stations to avoid blackspots - without needing an RF team.
Although Wi-Fi and WiMAX often get confused, they are very different from an operators perspective. Wi-Fi is plug and play with no control over the wireless interface. WiMAX is not, it behaves more like a carrier ATM network. Wi-Fi is built into laptops and handsets, whereas FWA WiMAX requires larger standalone receivers (yours should mount on customer rooftops for optimum utilty).
The benefit is that WiMAX is very spectrally efficient, at least 50% more so than 3G networks, so it has much higher data-carrying capabilities in limited spectrum. All Wi-Fi shares the same public spectrum - WiMAX can work across a wide range. Wi-Fi provides service over a range of 100m, your WiMAX needs to provide 10Mbps over a range of 1.3km from a base-station non-line-of sight.
WiMAX can create carrier-class networks, Wi-Fi cannot not even with mesh networks. However, Wi-Fi with WiMAX backhaul gets some of the benefits of WiMAX as the backhaul such as VPNs. A lot of WiMAX customer equipment will come with Wi-Fi built in.
Dont wait for mobile (802.16e) WiMAX your experience with vendors may be that they’re around fourteen months to two years behind on their promised delivery dates, and further delays could occur to key requirements. Dont expect good enough 802.16e equipment to build a network with until late 2007 at the earliest, and no usable CPE until 2008 as its mobile battery life is crucial and that will take time to get right.
There are big enough markets for FWA now. The most important thing is to grab the scarce resources first spectrum etc and make them yours. Except in those undeveloped countries without a mobile operator, mobile WiMAX will be very difficult to establish against incumbent operators with large installed bases because the areas covered are important to customers which is not a consideration for FWA.
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications….including DS3-Bandwidth.com and Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you’re always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.
Author: Michael Lemm
Keywords: WiMAX, bandwidth, business communications, wireless, FWA, VoIP, video, WiFi, Wireless
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Last year, a co-worker of mine called his cable company to order DSL. Yesterday, when I went to see my podiatrist, we began discussing broadband options. I told him that I had DSL at home. He said he had a broadband service with Comcast that he believed to be DSL. Obviously, my co-worker and my podiatrist, even though both are intelligent men, did not understand the difference between cable broadband and DSL.
Both cable broadband service and DSL provide speeds many times faster than dial-up, ranging from 700 kbps all the way to 10,000 kbps (10 mbps). Dial-up is capped at 56 kbps. In addition, both of these types of broadband services provide always on or instant Internet connections, without the need to dial up and without tying up a phone line. In most areas, cable connections are a little faster than DSL, but speeds vary from area to area and from provider to provider. However, there are some major differences between cable and DSL.
Cable broadband service is provided by your local cable company. It comes into your house via the same cable that delivers cable TV. To get connected to cable broadband service, a technician from the cable company generally must come out to your house for an installation process in which a broadband connection is split off from the TV connection. The broadband connection is then plugged into a cable modem which is then plugged into your computer or router.
With cable, it doesn’t matter how close you live to cable company’s office or plant. If it’s available in your area, it’s available at the same maximum speed to everyone, regardless of where they live within that area. What usually does matter, however, is how many others in your neighborhood are also subscribing, as you are sharing the bandwidth with them. When a lot of them are logged on at the same time that you are, you could notice a significant speed reduction.
DSL, or Digital Subscriber Line, is provided by a phone company. In general, no professional installation is needed for DSL. When you order it, your phone company turns your service on from its office and sends you a DSL modem and some filters. DSL uses a different partition of your existing phone line’s bandwidth (than what is used for voice), so no extra line is needed. To get connected, you plug one end of a DSL modem into a regular phone jack and the other end into your computer or router. The filters are used to eliminate potential DSL static from phone jacks in which phones are used. These filters fit easily into the phone jacks and then the phone connections are plugged into the filters.
Unlike cable, with DSL it makes a big difference how close you live to the phone company’s office. If you live too far away, you won’t even qualify for the service at all. Even if you live close enough to qualify, you still might be so far out that you can only get speeds near the lower end of the range that the phone company advertises. However, you have direct line to the phone company and do not share your bandwidth with your neighbors, so it doesn’t matter how many of them are also DSL subscribers or how many of them are logged on at a given time.
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and blogger from Hopewell, VA. On his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.
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I recently attended a trade show aimed at owners and operators of convenience stores. Dynamic speakers at the show inspired many attendees to ask lots of thoughtful questions. As I stood in our booth talking to these business owners a theme developed: Should we network our stores? And if so, what is the best solution for our business?
Wide Area Networks (WANs) can often be the technology investment that doubles your revenue. —okay, maybe not double. But I’ve got your attention and a WAN is definitely a bottom line builder.
In fourteen years of network engineering I have orchestrated successful WAN implementations streamlining ordering, eliminating overtime expenses and reducing shrink. But does every business need a WAN? Answering six key questions —Who, What, When, Where, Why and How (including How Much)— is the start to finding out.
Who: Get support from all departments. Anyone who will be affected will need to be involved at some level. A WAN is a significant investment, and even if it will be used only for Point-of-Sale (POS) traffic the project will go much smoother if there is buy-in from the CEO on down. A new WAN will touch training, sales, inventory, purchasing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, IT, and everyone in between. It’s better to bring them in than wish you had.
What: Choosing a hardware platform is an important decision. The wrong decision now may cost tens of thousands of dollars two years from now when you want to roll out VoIP and your hardware won’t handle it. Open your eyes to the BIG picture and prepare for the future. I recommend to my clients that they should think out no more than five years. The infrastructure will be ready for a facelift at that time.
When: Just as critical as Why. Time is a balancing act. Take as much time as you can to design and implement your WAN properly. Moving too quickly will leave holes that someone (probably you) will fall into. One of my clients had tried the DIY approach before contacting me for help. He implemented his 32 point WAN too quickly and the results were catastrophic. The stores didn’t have enough bandwidth to work properly and the VPN tunnels were not properly secured. He spent the majority of his time just keeping the WAN running and was not able to keep up with his day-to-day work. But, as I wrote earlier, time is a balancing act. If you take too long precious momentum is lost and it becomes easy to overlook an element of the project, such as the IP addressing scheme. I have often said, A WAN is a living, breathing creature and sometimes it has attitude!
Where: This is an interesting part of the design decisions. Certainly each store will be part of the WAN but what about corporate HQ? Maybe now is the time to co-locate your data-center in a secure, professional facility? You may benefit from inviting a choice vendor or two into the WAN (called an ExtraNet). If you have retail stores you may want to be connected to your credit card processor for faster (and potentially less expensive) transactions. The same is true for gift card processors, VoIP providers, etc.
Why: There are so many reasons. The one I hear most often is, We want to get access to the POS data for each of our stores. or, We want to start using e-mail. Other reasons may include to reviewing inventory levels, implementing a new enterprise application, providing online training to store staff, monitoring video surveillance, or adding VoIP. It is critical to explore all of the reasons well in advance. Identifying as many desired components at the front end will maximize benefits and ROI. When the time comes to design the network, each application will have its own network requirements.
How (or How Much): WANs come in different colors and flavors. Private, hosted, VPN, software based, hardware based, broadband, layer 2, and layer 3 are just a few options available. To break it down more simply consider these three options:
1. Private, Managed: This option eliminates the need to hire Remote Access Specialists or highly trained (and expensive) engineers who have experience with WAN technology. A private, managed service provider will help you architect the WAN, provide project management for the implementation, and proactively monitor the network 24/7/365 once it is turned up. This results in a fast, secure network that will not require encryption.
2. VPN, Unmanaged: This is the do-it-yourself network that can be self-managed until you hit about four or five stores. After that, it becomes unwieldy to manage and remember multiple broadband providers. You will need to have someone (or a team of technicians) who can travel to the stores and install the equipment as well as (regularly) maintain the firewall security and perform firmware updates.
3. VPN, Managed: In this scenario mission critical data travels over the public Internet between the store and the corporate office. A hardware device (or software) at each end goes through the process of building a tunnel between the stores and the data center. Then each device encrypts the data packets on one end, and decrypts them on the other. Keeping the VPN Tunnel up is intensive enough. Add on to that the hard work of encryption and decryption and you will experience high latency and network outages when the tunnel drops.
The marketplace is rife with WAN providers. This has led to phenomenal competition. Competition leads to innovation (another reason to only build for a five year period). Some of the newest players (2000 to present) bring the best value to their customers. The tier 1 providers are, of course, still there. Smaller, more agile companies may provide the flexibility you need. How much you invest needs to be in direct proportion to the service you receive. Find a company that wants to help you be successful. Have at least two meetings with a company before you start to discuss the How Much question. It is absolutely essential that you both understand what will be needed in terms of bandwidth, uptime, monitoring, redundancy, billing, and other services. Remember, this is an investment to increase revenue. But David, how can that be?, you ask. Consider this:
Fraud, theft, Inventory shrink are all losses we would like to eliminate. Your new WAN will allow for immediate access to POS transactions, current inventory levels, and make catching the till dipper red-handed, adding thousands to your bottom line. Video surveillance will also help catch the nighttime burglar, not to mention the rogue employee that has inventory going out the back door. The entire world is quickly moving toward Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and for good reason. Site-to-site calls are free! Site to Corporate calls are free! Long distance charges can be eliminated! Sending credit card and gift card transactions over the WAN will reduce the processing time from 30 - 40 seconds down to 2 - 3 seconds. Customers move quickly through the check out line and have a happier experience, bringing them back more often. Additionally, processors may lower your per-transaction fees for using a faster connection than dial-up. Creating a WAN will eliminate the need for costly phone lines. A broadband connection can share your existing fax line and you may be able to eliminate lines for ATM machines, credit card machines, and others. These add up to very real dollars being pushed straight to your bottom line.
Making the decision to design and implement a WAN is a terrific first step. Don’t underestimate the amount of effort and time that will be required to make your project a success. Find a good partner in the marketplace that is like-minded and will work with you flexibly to meet and exceed your needs.
David Chambers helps clients design, build, and manage their network infrastructures. He lives in Dallas, TX with his lovely wife of four years and their two children. He may be reached at davidcchambers@gmail.com or 866-607-9468.
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Whats new in video chat? Although the technology for using a web cam to send live pictures and video over the has been around for a long time, video chat technology continues to get better and better. Since the tragedy of 9-11, when businesses started traveling less, it became a great way for businesses to communicate with distant clients, other branches, and other businesses. Video chat can also bring individuals and families who are far apart closer together through the magic of the .
When businesses use video chat to conference rather than using a simple conference call on the telephone, they can not only see reactions of the people that they are talking to, but they can have a more natural conversation with everyone in the room. It helps to bring more confidence to all of the parties involved.
As far as recreational or social uses, video chat has many applications there as well. Xbox allows people who are connected through its gaming website to have live video feeds from both players. Many singles or dating sites allow their users to connect via a video chat so that they can get a clear picture of who they are chatting with. Yahoo Messenger has a premium service (for a fee) where users can interact with other chat room guests by video.
Of course in order to use all of these features you will need to have the correct software, equipment, and connection. Both users should have the same video software, or at least compatible chat software. If you are on a chat room site they will provide you with a software download. Then, you will need a camera. You can get an inexpensive web cam, but the pictures may be grainy and unclear, or you can get a video camera with USB 2.0 or Firewire installed. Your should be at least a Pentium 4 or G4 processor with a video and sound card and your connection should be at least 128 kpbs-no dial up.
Chatting over the can be a fun and productive way to interact with others.
Eriani Doyel writes articles about Chat Rooms. For more information about video chat visit www.figarden.com
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Back in the dotcom days, when dialup Internet connections were everywhere, free ISP offers were inescapable. The deal was that you viewed advertising while your computer was connected to the Internet, and in return you got your Internet connection for free.
The rise of more expensive and technically-complex broadband connections, however, has almost entirely killed this business model. Some free ISPs remain, but they are struggling. Only demographics that are undesirable to advertisers use dialup nowadays, making it almost impossible for them to sell their advertising inventory for as much as they would like.
However, this varies widely from country to country. In America, for example, free ISPs like Juno and NetZero are still holding on to a significant market share, thanks mainly to very large geographical distances between towns making broadband impractical in some places. AOL dialup, although not free and not even very good, is also surprisingly dominant in the American market.
Many European countries, on the other hand, are in the middle of broadband price wars, with some telecoms providers such as the UKs TalkTalk offering free broadband service as part of their telephone strategy. This broadband can often be of dubious quality and requires the customer to sign up for phone service with the provider, but on the other hand it doesnt feature any advertising or deliberate crippling of the services in the way that many dialup ISPs did.
However, in the future, we could be heading for a return to the free ISP, thanks to the rise of wireless networks. Sending wireless signals around is essentially free, apart form the initial cost of the equipment, and as wireless technology improves it will become cheaper and cheaper to cover whole towns and cities with access to wireless broadband. It is possible, in the future, that subscription-based ISPs could die entirely, to be replaced by local governments and authorities handling Internet access, in the same way as water or rubbish disposal.
John Gibb is the owner of free ISP information For more information on free Internet Service Providers please check out http://www.Free-ISP-Information.Info
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While working as an independent consultant at CERN (a nuclear research laboratory close to Geneva) in 1980, Tim Berners-Lee developed an innovative way of storing information in a program named Enquire.
Many of the fundamental concepts in this program were later used in the development of a global hypertext system - popularly known as the Internet or the World Wide Web.
The WWW was developed to increase the ease with which people could exchange information. This became a reality with the introduction of the first WYSWIG (What You See Is What You Get) hypertext web browser which was written by Tim Berners-Lee.
The advantage of the WWW over previous systems was the lack of a need for a centralized server. In short, this meant that it was just as easy to retrieve, as well as link to, a document that was down the hall as across the world.
This was a huge breakthrough in computing science.
The Web and the first web server were released to the hypertext communities in mid 1991, after being released within CERN in late 1990. In order to achieve a coherent standard for the WWW, specifications for URLs, HTML and HTTP were published.
The universality forced by these specifications, the non-dependence on a central server and decision by Berners-Lee not to profit from the WWW led to a high level of adoption of the technology between 1991-94. A ten fold increase in annual traffic was recorded on the first Web server during this period.
With the advent of the Web, a number of spin-off technologies have emerged. A vast array of server side, client side and database languages have been created to fulfill needs of businesses and individuals.
There are two types of programming languages used on the WWW: client-side and server-side.
A client-side language is executed in the users’ browser and is not dependent upon the Web server. Client-side programming is done almost exclusively with JavaScript.
A server-side language executes on the Web server. In recent years server-side programming has become more popular than client-side programming because it is independent of the type of browser that the surfer is using. Programmers refer to this as being ‘cross-platform’. Perl, PHP, ASP and JSP are popular client-side programming languages.
Databases have been developed to allow for ‘dynamic’ websites.
Dynamic websites allow for a high level of personalization when retrieving information.
Whenever you type in values in a form on a web page - whether those values are for a user id and password, the characteristics of your ideal partner or an author’s name - it’s a ‘dynamic’ web site. That is just a way of saying that there is a database being used to run the website.
Popular databases used include MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.
An area of the WWW that Berners-Lee has direct involvement is in his role as the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) which has existed since 1994.
The aim of the WC3 is to achieve coherent standards between all companies using web technologies such as HTML, CSS and XML. Prior to the creation of the standards detailed by the WC3, companies used different standards, which led to potential incompatibilities. The WC3 remedied this by creating an open forum - allowing companies to agree on core standards for WWW technologies.
The future of Berners-Lee’s influence on modern computing is in the context of the Semantic Web. ‘Semantic’ means ‘meaning’.
A semantic web is one where elements that appear in a document hold some meaning that can be automatically processed by a machine in some form of data gathering. Currently, documents on the WWW written in HTML hold no meaning they’re presentation based.
Tim Berners-Lee laid the conceptual foundation for the World Wide Web. It was his initial idea to create a way where information could be freely and easily exchanged. The standards associated with it and the lack of reliance upon a central server, gave the Web a cross platform advantage and independence, which led to its meteoric rise in popularity.
In turn, its popularity spawned and popularized many different programming languages, databases, markup standards, servers - as well as - viruses and worms.
However, while Tim Berners-Lee is the ‘father’ of the Internet, its development over the years is a result of the efforts of an extraordinary number of individuals. There is little question that 500 or 1,000 years from now, historians will look at the invention of the Internet as one of those rare, seminal historical events - much like Gutenberg’s printing press.
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A recent survey of 6,000 consumers across the US, the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy found that 46% do not understand the term IPTV. So in order to help clear up the confusion and help you jump on the upcoming IPTV bandwagon, here is a list of eight things you need to know about IPTV:
1. IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television, which means you will be able to connect a box to your broadband Internet connection and receive TV channels on your regular television set.
2. You will have to subscribe to IPTV services at an additional cost or via a service package like Triple Play which most cable companies offer now.
3. IPTV will offer even more channels and you will be able to custom pick the channels that you want to receive to your set top box.
4. IPTV will be offered by your telephone or cable company and will most likely offer addition features or services such as VOIP (Voice Over IP) telephone service and a DVR (Digital Video Recorder).
5. IPTV will offer you the ability to use your cell phone to record your favorite shows. You could call or text message your box and have it record Desperate Housewives while you’re out shopping and can’t make it home in time. It will be the ultimate in time-shifting devices.
6. IPTV allows for 2-way communication between the program and the user. Say you’re watching Food Channel host Rachel Ray live. You could use your remote or keyboard to type her a fan letter or a cooking tip that she could read live on-air.
7. IPTV can help move PC-centric features over to your TV. You could be watching BET’s 106 and Park and get an IM from your home girl or see who is calling you with on-screen caller ID.
8. IPTV is not video on the web. Video on the Internet can be jerky, slow, grainy, and has to re-buffer a lot. IPTV will be as good as television and in some instances will be of HD quality
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The rate at which a network transmits or receives data is termed network bandwidth. Bandwidth and latency are two important parameters for measuring the speed of the networks. The higher the bandwidth, the higher the cost of the network. Hence, wastage of bandwidth is a key measurement criterion for optimizing any network.
A network bandwidth monitor helps monitor the usage of bandwidth. Network bandwidth monitors run on s for 24 hours a day and continuously keep track of the parameters of network usage. This tracked information is then stored in an internal database for future analysis. Network bandwidth monitors can trace out what applications and servers are using the network bandwidth. They help receive bandwidth and network usage data that optimizes the efficiency of the network. Network bandwidth monitoring is a very critical activity of an enterprise network administrator. With network bandwidth monitoring, a network administrator gets instant reports about the usage of bandwidth by each application and host. This report helps to make decisions about access planning or capacity planning. Network bandwidth monitor software can visualize the state of the network, and it automatically gives alerts of any problems on the bandwidth. The analysis of the data helps future planning. The monitor can be configured to send e-mail messages.
Most network bandwidth monitors function with any SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) devices, such as gateways, routers, NAS (Network Attached Storage), printers, servers and more. All the information gathered by network bandwidth monitor software can be viewed, printed and saved for further analysis and bandwidth planning. Network bandwidth monitor software also monitors the traffic between the Internet and . Monitoring network bandwidth is extremely beneficial for those who access the Internet on a transfer (monthly) basis. A network bandwidth monitor, with a single click, identifies top applications, top protocols, top trackers and more. A network bandwidth monitor can set up a profile for precise monitoring, tracking the limits of bandwidth that are set by an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Bandwidth usage is highly variable from time to time, and is very difficult to measure precisely. Network bandwidth monitors are tools which enable the precise measurement of network bandwidth and its usage patterns.
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The internet is a growing and dynamic entity. Growing in exponential rate everyday and changing as just as fast. Naturally companies try to offer access to internet in growing number of ways. Dial-up, Broadband, Wi-fi and such. But we’ll talk about broadband today and is it really that necessary to switch from dial-up to broadband.
Is it worth it to switch to broadband service? As most things are, it depends on you’re situation. Dial-ups are cheap, today it’s almost dirt cheap. Thats it’s advantage, but don’t expect to surf the net in cruising speed. If speed is what you want then broadband is significantly faster that dial-ups.
Back to the question. What really helps in deciding if switching to broadband is a must. Is try to ask yourself How do I use the internet for?. By the way Im a big fan of the saying Questions Are Answers.
If you’re using the internet for:
- checking and sending e-mail
- chatting (without video)
- surfing for text based information
Then switching to broadband is a waste of money. like most people, they just use the internet for checking and sending e-mails. Dial-up will work for you just as fine.
If you’re using the internet for:
- Downloading movies and music
- Watching streaming videos
- Chatting with video and voice
- Playing online games
Just like me. I use the internet for online games, checking my websites, downloading music and videos. So broadband was a huge help for my internet life.
To conclude. The internet is becoming the wave of the future. Easy access to information and services. But switching to broadband is up to you and you’re needs. So I suggest that you ask yourself How do I use the internet for?. Knowing the answer would be a great help in deciding if broadband internet is for you.
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Network cards are the backbone of any network. The Network interface card or the network card is a hardware device that allows a to be connected to a network, and through the network to other s and devices. It is installed in one of the free peripheral connect interface (PCI) slots of a and includes a port in which the networking cable is inserted. There are different NICs for different networks even if the is the same. For example, if a is to be connected to an Ethernet LAN, it must be equipped with an Ethernet network card and if it is to be connected to a wireless LAN, a wireless network card needs to be installed.
Wireless network cards allow you to do away with traditional networking through cables. These are gaining popularity as Wi-Fi hotspots are mushrooming all over the world. Most new laptop s are now available with pre-installed wireless network cards that are an integral part of the hardware. Wireless network cards that fit into the PCMCIA slots are available for older laptops and similar cards are also available for regular desktop s.
A wireless network card can communicate only with a wireless router or a wireless access point. It is important that the wireless network card or adapter should work at the same speed and with the same coverage as the wireless router. In addition to the communication software that is embedded in the network interface cards (NICs) ROM, the also requires networking software to be installed for the network to be functional. Both the software and the NIC have to adhere to the communication protocols of the network to which the is to be connected.
Wireless network cards have increased the mobility by allowing people to work from any location which is Wi-Fi enabled and have also helped in doing away with the hassles associated with installation of traditional wired networks.
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Sometimes, your business takes you on different trips to various states around the United States. You may be based in New York however, your business could also take you to Miami, or anywhere in the world for that matter. The great thing is that even if you are far away, you can still access your files, information and basically your entire office through the Internet. Instantly access any information that you might need for your overseas business trip by using any , a modem and a telephone line through international dial up access.
There are different companies that offer international dial up. With this type of access to the Internet, you can easily access any information in your home office wherever you are. You have access to all your important files from your office to you wherever you may be.
International dial up usually comes as part of standard dial up packages. You can dial in from wherever you are using your ISPs international access numbers. Now, you can keep tabs on your work, even when youre on business trips abroad, check you email as often as you want, and update your website.
With international dial up access, you can confidently travel to any place in the world. You will always have instant and easy access to your files. The drawback is, like any dial up Internet connection, you may have to wait a while to log on, because this method of connecting is usually very slow.
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Most of the information that we need, along with most of the things that we want and can be found over the Internet. From word definitions to grocery and shopping to ordering your next meal the Internet provides instant access to anything and everything you could possibly want or want to know about. That is the very reason why most people want to have Internet access available in their homes. Dial up is slower than DSL or cable connections, but they are still used by some people who want access to the Internet but don’t need speed.
Although a bit outdated, dial up access is still widely used today to gain access to the Internet. It is the most inexpensive way to connect compared to other ways to access. All you need is a phone line, a prepaid Internet card or an inexpensive monthly package with an Internet service provider, and youre in business.
However, dial up access is considerably slower than the other high-tech ways of accessing the information superhighway, such as and cable modem. Dial ups work through the use of a modem. This modem is actually connected to the and serves as the medium between the and a telephone line. Through this modem, the is able to dial up the Internet service provider, who in turn connects the user to the World Wide Web.
Just like any other product, dial up has its own share of ups and downs. However, many people say that it is better to have dial up access rather than have no connection to the Internet at all.
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Are you shopping around for high speed internet and getting totally confused? $12.95 for 6 months, or $14.95 for 3 months? Upload speeds of 128 kbps or download speeds of 768 kbps? What does kbps stand for anyway? Hopefully this article will help you make some sense of all the promotions out there.
I compared the promotions (as of May 2006) being offered by most of the primary DSL and cable modem providers in Southern California. It’s hard to fit a giant Excel spreadsheet into a text article, but see if you can use the information I provide to at least try to compare apples to apples. The two main criteria I focused on are price and speed.
A few points to clear up first so you can be more educated in your choices:
kbps:kilobits per second
mbps: stands for megabits per second. A megabit is 1,000 times faster than a kilobit. So 1.5 megabits is equal to 1,500 kilobits.
download speed: The download speed is for downloading web pages, software, etc. and is what you probably use most of the time.
upload speed: The upload speed is used, for example, when you might upload photos to the internet (for instance to Snapfish or sending an attachment to an email), or if you have your own website and upload your own pages
Since you are only downloading most of the time, high speed internet companies focus primarily on download speeds, which are invariably faster than upload speeds. You might want to focus primarily on download speeds as well, depending on your type of usage of course.
Also, the general consensus is that the typical download speed for home DSL (before all these promotions started coming out recently) is about 1.5 kbps. So it is worth a word of caution that the cheapest promotions may or may not be the best for you.
Several companies are offering very good prices for 768 kbps of download speed. I have been told that this speed is adequate for people who mainly use email and do light web surfing. So you have to think about how much you use the internet. Do you download music? Are you a web surfing addict?
One thing I’ll tell you is that if I, as a computer consultant, had an internet speed of 768 kbps, I’d probably be rather unhappy. But if you’re a light user, you’d probably be fine. OK, now you can read about the different offers and see for yourself:
AT& T (formerly SBC):
Their lowest promotion prices are $12.99 per month and $17.99 per month. You also have to pay a $12.95 shipping and handling fee. (And you have to pay $49.99 up front for a modem, but you get a mail-in rebate of $49.99 as well.) The $12.99 price is for download speeds of 384 kbps - 1.5 mbps. The $17.99 price is for download speeds of 1.5 - 3.0 mbps.
Those prices are good for a 1-year contract, but beware. If you don’t call AT&T before the year is up (I believe they send you a letter to remind you), the price goes up to $50/month. Once you call, though, AT&T will offer you whatever promotion they have at the time. There is a $99 termination fee if you break your 1-year contract.
Summary of AT&T prices:
Lower speeds: $12.99
Faster speeds: $17.99
Other fees: $12.95 shipping and handling,
$99 termination fee.
Verizon:
This company is offering a base price of $14.95 for download speeds of up to 768 kbps and upload speeds of 128kbps. The first month is free, however there is a $19.95 shipping and activation fee. This $14.95 offer is good only if you order via the internet though (a little Catch 22 there). If you call and speak to a live person instead, it’ll cost you $17.99 a month. Ha!
For heavier internet users, Verizon has another, slightly more complicated promotion. For download speeds of up to 1.5 mbps, you get the first month free. Butttttt, for the second and third months it will cost you $21.95, and $29.95 for months 4-12. (Where’d they come up with that plan?) Upload speeds are about 384 kbps.
These Verizon promotions come with one-year contracts and a $79 termination fee if you break it. You also need to call before your term is up to get decent rates for the next 12 months. (for the second offer you can stay at $29.95.)
Summary of Verizon prices:
Lower speed: $14.95
Faster speed: $21.95-$29.95
Other fees: $19.95 shipping and activation fee.
$79 early termination fee.
AOL:
AOL doesn’t have its own high speed infrastructure per say. It provides AOL service but uses AT&T or Verizon to deliver it in the Southland.
The price is $25.90 per month for a one-year term. After that year, Verizon customers are still charged $25.90 per month, while the service with AT&T goes up to $29.99 per month. The speeds are generally 768 kbps for download and 128 kbps for upload. With Verizon there is a shipping and handling fee of $19.95 and a $79 early termination fee, just as if you’d went with them without AOL. AT&T (as shown above) asks for a $99 early termination fee.
Summary of AOL fees:
$25.90 for 768 kbps download speed
( for other fees see AT&T or Verizon fees.)
Earthlink:
Earthlink: This company is offering a promotion of $12.95 for the first six months in certain regions of the country, with a price of $29.95 after that. This promotion is for decent speeds: 1.5mbps for download speeds and 128 kbps for upload speeds. They also charge a $19.95 shipping fee, and $149.95 if you break your 1-year contract. (So I’d guess you’d better be sure you want to stay with them!)
Summary of Earthlink prices:
Faster speed: $12.95-$29.95
Other fees: $19.95 shipping fee,
$149.95 early termination fee.
DSL Extreme:
DSL Extreme offers a promotion of $12.95 per month for customers with SBC phone service. That promotion offers speeds ranging from 384 kbps - 1.5 mbps for download, and 128 - 384 kbps for upload. Those with Verizon can expect to pay a little more, $14.95 per month. Speeds with Verizon are 768 kbps for download and 128 kbps for upload. These prices don’t include $15.43 for the shipping and handling of the modem.
As with the others, you’re in for a 1-year contract. But if you renew before it expires, you can lock in the price DSL Extreme is offering returning customers at the time. That price is not yet determined:
Watch out, though. The early termination fee if you decide to end the 1-year contract is a whopping $250!
Summary of DSL Extreme prices:
Lower Speeds: $12.95-$1495
Other fees: $15.43 for shipping and handling of modem,
$250.00 early termination fee.
I also talked to a couple of companies that offer cable modem:
Comcast:
The prices for cable modem tend to be a bit higher, but the two cable companies I called offered faster speeds than the DSL promotions I looked at.
Comcast is offering a promotion of $26.95 for the first three months with download speeds of 4mbps and upload speeds of about 386 mbps. But after your honeymoon the price goes up to $45.95 if you have cable TV with them or $56.95 if you don’t. One good thing - there is no contract, so that means there’s no early termination fee.
You also have to either buy a cable modem at an electronics store (Comcast doesn’t sell them) or rent one for $3 a month. So be sure to include that fee in your calculations!
Adelphia:
To begin with, Adelphia offers a basic package which happens to be very basic. Both its upload and download speeds are 256 kbps (kinda slow if you ask me). This package’s price is $24.95 per month.
The company also offers a more reasonable package that costs $24.95 for the first three months, then goes up to $43.95. The speeds with this package are pretty fast - 4 mbps for download speeds and an upload speed of 384 mbps. As with Comcast, Adelphia’s packages are month-to-month, with no contract and no termination fee. But, also like Comcast, you have to either purchase your own modem or rent one for $3. Also, you don’t need to have Adelphia TV cable service to get those prices. The prices are the same for both cable TV and non-cable TV customers alike.
2006 by Kara Glover
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Configuring a wireless network involves setting up a wireless router or access point and installing wireless adapters on the networked s. The wireless router must be placed in a central location because the s closer to the router or access point obtain faster network speeds. The wireless router needs to be connected to a power source and a source of Internet connectivity so that all s on the network are provided Internet access.
A wireless router is not mandatory for setting up a wireless network. Almost any with a wireless adapter and a wired connection to the Internet can be used as an access point. Next, the wireless network must be provided a name. This is usually referred to as SSID. All the s on a WLAN must share the same SSID.
Each connected to the wireless network should have a wireless LAN card (also know as Wi-Fi adapter) installed. Wi-Fi adapters can be configured after installation of TCP/IP based networking on the individual s. On s using Microsoft Windows operating system, adapters usually have their own graphic user interface accessible from the taskbar after the wireless networking hardware is installed. This allows a user to enter the SSID and enable the WEP. For a WLAN to function accurately, all the adapters must use same parameter settings.
One can also opt for automatic wireless configuration that supports the IEEE-802.11 standard for wireless networks. This minimizes the configuration that is required to access the wireless network. Once you enable automatic wireless network configuration on your , you can move across various networks without reconfiguring your network connection settings. As you move from one place to another, automatic wireless networking searches for a network that is available and notifies you about the same. You can select the network that you want to connect to and the network configuration wizard updates your wireless network adapter to match the setting of the access point of the new network.
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Broadband service providers have never had it better. More people are awakening to this technological revolution that allows high-speed connectivity and unlimited access to the Internet. To cater to the increasing demands of the subscribers there has been a mush- rooming of service providers. The service providers market is at its competitive best. Most offer various promotional schemes and free trial sessions to motivate subscribers to use their service. Service providers like Comcast provide a free two-week trial along with free security protection and virus protection.
While looking for the right kind of service provider it is important to investigate the market properly. This will ensure that you are getting the service you require at a reasonable price. The prices of various local service providers should be compared, and the benefits they offer, their dependability, and their track record and reputation, especially in relation to service, has to be thoroughly checked. The geographical location of the individual subscriber (urban or rural), kind of use the Internet connection is to be put to (large business, office or home use), and the kind of connection desired (cable, DSL, etc.) are also vital components to consider while choosing a service provider. Online information about service providers is also available easily.
Broadbandinfo.com provides information about Internet service providers located throughout the United States. One can also look into online broker services, and websites where free information is available in this regard. Another very viable option is free Internet access. Most service providers do not divulge information regarding this option.
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Dial up Internet service providers, or ISPs, are mostly organizations, companies or business that provides people who want access to the information superhighway the chance to do so. People who use dial up ISP are provided immediate access to the Internet through their own telephone lines. All you need is a , a telephone line and a modem that serves as the medium and channel between the phone line and the . Dial up ISPs provides users Internet connections that are around 56 kilobytes per second, or less.
Dial up ISPs also provide other services they are not just limited to dial up access. They also provide Internet transit, domain name registration and domain name hosting. These dial up ISPs are mostly telephone companies, but not all of them are.
One of the disadvantages of relying on dial up ISPs is a slow connection. This sluggishness can be particularly annoying to people who are use to accessing the Internet through fast DSL, cable or subscriptions. The average Internet speed through dial up ISP services is only 30 kilobytes per second, or 50 at most. But many people like dial up ISP because it is less expensive; if you don’t need speed, use dial up.
Finding the right kind of dial up ISP for you is not very difficult. However, the thing that you should remember is that, just like deciding on any other product or service, the best dial up ISP is the one that will provides quality service and gives you exactly what you need.
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Who would have thought two years ago that we would be able to get broadband for free? Those were the days when it cost on average 25 for a 512k (per second) connection. Broadband was reserved for cyber geeks. The rest of us were happy enough with our super slow dialup connection.
A broadband revolution has been sweeping the nation ever since. Broadband speeds have increased dramatically and prices have plummeted. Now 512k is considered slow. Anything under 2Mb (per second) wont do. The cyber geeks are really moving into the fast lane, with download speeds of up to 24Mb available.
Prices for broadband fell significantly during 2005 and continue to do so. This led to more people signing up to broadband as it became more affordable. This, in turn, lead to more companies offering cut price broadband to attract those customers, which led to even more customers becoming interested. And the cycle continued. About 80,000 per week now sign up to a broadband package in the UK.
It has gone so far that you can now get broadband for free. If anyone mentioned free broadband 2 years ago, they would have been branded as being insane. Now it is a reality with TalkTalk offering free broadband to its Talk3 customers and Orange to its mobile customers. Cynics argue that it is not free, as you have to buy another service to get it. But even then, it is a damn good deal.
So where is the market going to go?
The rapidly changing world of telecommunications is going to force many of the smaller players out of the market. They simply will not be able to survive as margins are squeezed. Even the big players are finding the going tough. Telecom giant Cable and Wireless announced this week that it is broadband subsidiary, Bulldog, will no longer be offering broadband to residential customers.
Packages that include 2, 3 or even 4 products will become commonplace. Broadband providers have realised that they cannot make enough money from broadband alone to survive. So they are bundling broadband with other products, such as home phone, digital television and mobile. Market leaders such as TalkTalk, NTL and Telewest have been doing this for some time.
Broadband speeds will continue to rise as the technology moves forwards. This will lead to broadband becoming the centre of home communications. Your digital TV and home phone will be transmitted over a broadband connection.
The world of broadband has certainly come along way in the past 2 years, from a geeks product to mass market. The next 2 years will just as interesting, as broadband becomes the main communications platform in your home.
Tony George is the editor of http://www.StellarDeals.co.uk StellarDeals.co.uk is a free and impartial comparision service for broadband, home phone and digital television products. StellarDeals.co.uk will help you decide on the best package for you.
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A few years ago Bill Gates peddled the idea of Convergence. It was the new mantra then that became a buzzword for the Internet Industry. Of course that promised marriage between the Television and the PC/Internet didnt quite materialize.
Microsoft lost millions in their MSN TV initiative. That was then, now the tide seems to be finally turning. While people may not have taken to the idea of surfing the Internet on their TV screens, they seem to be ready for their PC screens turning into televisions.
Technically you could watch TV shows on any computer with a built in TV/Tuner card since a few years ago. What is now driving the rapid acceptance of the TV and computer coming together is what they call Web 2.0 or the second version of the World Wide Web. Where interaction over the net will rise to the next level. Boring humdrum websites will come alive with sound and pictures. We will have all are daily information served up on highly customized widgets and television and radio served up to us in super clear High Definition. Basically it is everything we do today on the Internet only better.
The stars are clearly aligning themselves for the next step forward. Google and Yahoo have taken initiatives towards video over the net. Its a start but still has a long way to go. Take for instance Googles new search ability purely for videos. The concept is nice but when the No. 1 spot on their search ranking is Girl caught cheating on her web cam you know we have a long way to go. Almost all the marketing bulletin boards on the net were spinning on the news that Google was going to offer video ads and start taking a chunk out of the television ad industry. While this may be a distant possibility its not going to happen any time soon.
The major difference between the TV and the Internet is in their nature of medium. One of the reasons why the promised convergence never happened before is that TV is a passive activity while the Internet is an active one. The television dishes out information, we choose to either receive it or switch the channel, on the other hand on the World Wide Web we choose what particular information we want. We have to go looking for it rather that it finds us. They both fulfill their separate purpose. People will always want and need for passive entertainment. No one can stay wired, switched on and on-the-ball all day and night. Or can they?
Sasha Masand the founder of Indian Voice Overs is an award winning Television Producer who has been part of the Indian media industry for over twelve years.
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Life has not been the same with the invention of the internet. It has changed the way we communicate and live our lives. High speed internet is so called, as it has a high rate of data transmission. Customers get connections at bandwidth of 256 kilobits or more. It is often called Broadband Internet access. These days the broadband implementations are up to 30 Mbit/s, which is several hundred times faster than those times when internet had become popular such as ISDN and 56 kbit/s. It even costs less than ISDN, and sometimes no more than the cost of 56 kbit/s; though the rate may differ from country to country.
Broadband connection means 56 kilobits/sec in at least one direction, and this bit rate is accepted all around the world. Broadband can also mean lower-bitrate transmission methods, as specifically no bitrate is defined by the industry. Some Internet Service Providers (ISP) take advantage of this and market lower-bitrate connections as broadband. Advanced technology in broadband can simultaneously carry and process a good amount of information at a faster rate. This gives greater connectivity or better web access, as well as higher download speeds.
DSL and Cable Modems:
Broadband connection is usually delivered through telephone lines or through cable networks. The two most popular consumer broadband technologies are DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and cable modem; both transmitting 256 kilobits per second or more, and starting at approximately four times the speed of a modem using a standard digital telephone line. Cable modems use your cable line for access to the internet. They can be cheaper than DSL. VDSL and pushing fiber optic connections are some other newer technologies that are opening up the possibility of higher performance for streaming data, such as audio and video streams, as they would permit speeds 100 times faster than the typical DSL or cable broadband connection.
Dial-up Internet Access:
In dial-up internet access, the client would have to dial up the ISP using a modem and a telephone line to establish a modem-to-modem link, which would then be routed to the Internet. This is used mostly in rural or remote areas where there are no broadband connections. This can be a time consuming process. Establishing a telephone connection and to perform handshaking before data transfers take place can take time. This way, the duration of the connection would incur costs. With modern dial-up modems the maximum possible speed is 56 kilobits/sec.
Advantages of DSL over Dial-up Connections:
DSL is faster - DSL has the advantage when it comes to speed. DSL modems are much faster than dial-up modems. DSL provides from twice as fast speed, up to 125 times faster than a 56 kilobits/sec dial-up modem. The only limit to the speed with DSL is the speed of the Internet itself and all the different computers attached to it.
No interference - Even though DSL uses your regular phone line, it doesn’t block your phone calls. You can also take and make calls while using the Internet. You do not have to log off the Internet to make a call, whereas in dial up connection you will have to log off to use the phone.
DSL is always connected With DSL there is no need of a modem and you do not even need to dial up to do something online. You can check anything, browse through the web pages, check emails; your DSL connection will always be there.
Reliable DSL is reliable as it is not dependant on your phone line, as phone networks always experience problems; unlike a dial-up connection where you cannot connect without a phone line.
In many countries now the governments have taken an active role in spurring broadband use, and help in building communications infrastructure for public utility like in highways or airports.
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This is a significant achievement for the region. Although it is not an EU prerogative to enforce governments to provide universal broadband access to their citizens, Northern Ireland has shown that it is highly regarded. Thanks to this achievement, NI broadband providers are now able to offer broadband services to every household and business in the country, regardless of their location.
In other parts of the EU, coverage has reached levels of around 90% but no one else can claim 100% coverage as yet.
It is widely believed that the universal availability of broadband has played an important part in the growth of businesses in the region. Various industry sectors have reported new levels of growth since the inception of broadband and it may have been impossible to achieve this without the service.
However there are still areas in which progress can be made. Just because there is 100% availability, it does not mean there is 100% take-up, so now the NI government must encourage as many businesses and individuals as possible to sign up to the service in order to reap its full benefits. The last thing they want is a big white elephant instead of a fully functional communications system.
100% availability also does not necessarily equal 100% satisfaction. Some customers who cannot receive the service through their fixed telephone lines have complained that they are being forced to pay more for broadband via an expensive satellite link.
However work is being done to rectify this situation and improve the networks, so many of households who currently may not be able to receive broadband via their telephone line, should be able to in the future, ensuring a more fair system.
At the other end of the spectrum there are people who can connect to broadband through a choice of mediums everything from cable or ADSL through a phone line, to wireless solutions such as satellite and radio broadband.
Northern Ireland will probably act as a blueprint for many other EU regions in the following years as broadband take-up continues to increase.
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Cable broadband connections are provided by ISPs who will install a separate cable through which phone, television, and broadband services can be provided. Not all homes and businesses will be eligible for receiving cable, as opposed to fixed line telephony which is more widely available.
Cable broadband ISPs provide users with a USB/Ethernet cable modem set-top box with their service, which allows a single network device to access the Internet as well as any other cable services that form part of the package.
If the user wishes to connect more than one device to the Internet simultaneously through the cable broadband connection, they will require a cable broadband router.
A broadband router is a device that connects two or more networks together. In this case the router is used to connect the home or office network to the largest network in the world - the Internet. The home or office network is referred to as a Local-Area Network (LAN) while the Internet, or any other outside network, is referred to as a Wide-Area Network (WAN).
Therefore, a broadband router allows for the connection of multiple devices within a LAN to a single Internet connection.
Furthermore, a broadband wireless router can further enhance the LAN by allowing for the devices to be connected together without the use of wires and cables running between the devices. The wireless devices connect to the local network using radio waves broadband wireless routers have access points built into them, as well as a switch and a router.
The switch function connects allows for the connection of the devices in the network by way of wires. As previously stated, the access point connects wireless devices, and the router function connects the LAN to the Internet. Therefore a broadband wireless router allows for local networks that are either entirely wireless, entirely wired, or a mixture of both.
Devices that connect to the router through wires will require network cards. Devices that utilise the wireless capabilities will require a wireless card in order to send and receive radio signals to the router via the access point.
If a wireless broadband router is installed on a cable broadband connection, the set-top box is still required.
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Figures from European broadband suppliers reveal that the total number of broadband TV subscribers is estimated to reach almost 10 million by 2010. This will be a huge increase from the current number of about 650,000 and will give broadband suppliers almost 10% of the total pay-TV market.
Currently France and Italy lead the way in terms of numbers of subscribers to broadband TV services. The concept has taken longer to catch on in the UK, which is largely due to fierce competition from established satellite and cable TV firms. However, broadband itself is very popular in the UK with over 10 million subscribers in 2006, and growing by the minute, suggesting that there is a large untapped market for broadband TV services.
Broadband TV is more accurately known as IPTV (Internet Protocol TV). The acronym is used to describe services which broadcast on-demand television programming to consumers, delivered via a broadband connection on normal telephone line to TV screens. In recent years revenues from traditional fixed-line services have been declining in Europe so telecoms firms are looking to both IPTV and broadband to offset this. Increasingly they are offering customers such services in bundles rather than individually.
While broadband suppliers are using IPTV as a means to challenge established cable and satellite operators, the opposite scenario also exists. Cable and satellite TV operators are beginning to make headway into the broadband market in order to ensure they do not lose their coveted share of the lucrative television market to traditional ISPs.
In the UK, Sky TV has acquired Easynet, a leading broadband supplier and heavy investor in Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), which signals its intention to broaden its range of services. The enormous company has also launched a film download service which currently provides 200 films for free to digital subscribers.
This is, of course, only the beginning as Sky intends to supply more than 1,000 films via broadband from their extensive back catalogue. Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to download sports clips through their broadband connections.
Peoples’ entertainment needs are changing fast in the 2000s and audiences expect to be able to access content whenever and wherever they want.
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While such images provide us with an insight into what lies beyond out little rock, they are usually grainy, black and white, and extremely slow to arrive. This is because the data transmitted from outer space which is used to process the images must travel long distances using technology which is not capable of producing better results.
However it may be a case of broadband suppliers to the rescue as scientists working on the problem have recently unveiled a tiny light detector that may allow for super-fast broadband communications over interplanetary distances.
Using current technology, still images broadcast to Earth from equipment located on other planets are difficult and time-consuming to retrieve. It is estimated that the new detector, however, will improve efficiency to 57% at a wavelength of 1,550 nanometres.
If that makes no sense to you, consider that this is the same wavelength used by fibre optic cables to carry broadband into offices and homes. This represents a threefold increase in efficiency for the transfer of images from outer space, which currently has a detector efficiency of around 20%.
Using the wireless frequency technology currently available it can take several hours to get useful information back to Earth from Mars. Using an optical link, as provided by the new technology, this same task can be completed thousands of times faster.
The light detector will allow real-time collection of large amounts of data from space, and may also permit the transmission of colour video between astronauts or equipment in outer space and scientists on Earth. This is obviously a giant leap for mankind.
The way the light detector works is by using nanowires and superconductor technology to sense extremely low light or laser signals in the infrared part of the optical spectrum down to a single photon. This is the smallest and most basic unit of light known to man, and such a feat has not been possible using conventional optical systems.
Apart from the wireless frequency technology being generally inefficient, because of the vast distances between planets and other objects in outer space, such optical systems would require a large laser and a lot of power to be able to send data at a high rate. If this were to be achieved on a spacecraft, it would use up an enormous amount of energy, which renders the technique impossible as spacecraft as are typically starved of power.
So it appears that there is a need for a device such as the new light detector that can operate quickly and without using much power.
Is the first interplanetary reality TV show almost upon us?
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Broadband has promised a lot for many years such as endless streaming content from wireless broadband access at the touch of a button from anywhere in the world. Lately it seems as if these promises, made long ago, are finally being fulfilled. So what exactly does wi-fi have to offer?
Wi-fi is short for Wireless Fidelity, and describes a protocol for transmitting data over a wireless network. Assuming the user has the correct hardware, a wi-fi account, and is in range of the transmitters, the service allows the user to connect to the internet at broadband speeds without the use of cables. This obviously allows for a more mobile and convenient service.
The way wi-fi works is not dissimilar to the now familiar mobile phone. The setup is basically the same, but the equipment is different. At some point in the future it is expected that these technologies will merge.
In the UK, there are already thousands of small, localised wi-fi hotspots in public places such as hotels, cafes, and libraries. Chances are you have already used one. Users can log on to the internet at these hotspots provided they have an account with the broadband supplier and the necessary wireless equipment, such as a wireless laptop or broadband-enabled mobile phone.
Wi-fi account usage is usually paid for with a credit card at a special log-in page on which opens automatically in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. Frequent users may even have permanent accounts with the service providers.
In the future, wireless broadband will not be restricted to cafes and libraries. UK Internet service providers will also offer wi-fi through giant zones which will cover large urban areas.
One such wi-fi zone was recently launched at Canary Wharf, the central business district of London, and is currently Europe’s largest wi-fi enabled financial area.
There are also plans to roll out such hotzones in other major urban centres throughout the UK, including Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, and the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Camden and Islington.
So it seems the broadband revolution has gone wireless. Just as we are becoming accustomed to walking amongst city-workers lost for sound within their own iPods, we may soon have to contend with these same folk being lost for sight as they check there email during the daily march to work.
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With the price of T1 service dropping from its high point of roughly 20 years ago, its no wonder that more and more businesses are searching out and using this cost effective solution. Whether its voice, data, or a combination of voice and data, T1 service providers can satisfy your communications infrastructure requirements.
But where do you find an appropriate provider that offers a great price and support?
This is a great question. The biggest mistake is to base a purchasing decision on price alone. Beware of this. As most know, the net effect of any business purchase is the return on your investment. The cheap T1 service providers may be just that. A cheap cost for an oversold service that would be unable to provide the throughput advertised.
When making this important decision to build up (or out) your communications infrastructure, ask yourself some important questions.
a.If youre looking for a voice T1 service, what are your current requirements? (local/long distance, fax, toll-free service, number of lines needed, etc.)
b.If youre looking for a data T1 service, what is your objective? Web hosting, access for your employees, ASP, etc.
c.If youre looking for an integrated solution (voice and data) consider both points above.
Obviously these are some general considerations. There are also cost factors, time lines to implement, technical support, hardware requirements, contract time frames and extensibility issues to consider.
Whether you have an in-house technical staff or not, whatever provider you choose for service should be willing (and technical able) to work with you every step of the way to understand and provide the service that meets your needs.
So, how exactly do you find an objective third party to help you understand requirements, cost, support and extensibility?
A communications broker provides an objective look at your unique situation. Communication brokers work for you and not for any specific vendor. If you were to contact a specific vendor, their assistance would be geared towards a specific product or service they themselves offer. Their solution would be partly tailored based on what they themselves can provide. Using a communications broker removes that limitation by having access to products and services from many different vendors. Further, the communications broker can objectively evaluate your situation and design a solution that meets all your requirements and needs.
There are many T1 providers out there. Do yourself and your business a favor and use a communications broker to help you navigate the waters and build an infrastructure that will solve your immediate needs and provide the infrastructure that can handle the growth of your business. Whether you use our services or that of someone else, your business success is too important to leave in the hands of the cheap guys.
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Ever wonder just what the heck was an OC48? Not surprisingly many network engineers and IT managers aren’t up to speed (no pun intended) on just what OC really means…and what all is available to enahnce their company’s applications within this bandwidth category.
So….here’s a quick run down to set you straight.
The OC (optical carrier…fiber optic based broadband network )hierarchy goes as follows, starting with a T3/DS3 electrical carrier and then on to an OC-1:
DS3 (Electrical) = 44.736mbits/sec = 28 T1s/DS1s
STS1 (Electrical) = (1) DS3 @ 44.736mbits/sec with SONET (Synchronous Optical NET) overhead = 51.840mbits/sec
OC-1 (Optical) = (1) STS1 on Optical facilities
OC-3 = (3) OC-1s = 155.52mbits/sec
OC-9 = (9) OC-1s (not commonly used) = 466.56mbits/sec
OC-12 = (12) OC-1s or (4) OC-3s = 622.08mbits/sec
OC-18 = (18) OC-1s (not commonly used) = 933.12mbits/sec
OC-24 = (24) OC-1s (not commonly used) = 1.244gbits/sec
OC-36 = (36) OC-1s (not commonly used) = 1.866gbits/sec
OC-48 = (48) OC-1s or (4) OC-12s or (16) OC-3s = 2.488gbits/sec
OC-192= (192) OC-1s or (4) OC-48s or (16) OC-12s or (64) OC-3s = 9.953gbits/sec
The reason for the stair-stepping of the OC Hierarchy is due to the fact that the next available level of multiplexing (’muxing) of lower-level circuits is usually 4: (4) OC-3s = (1) OC-12, and (4) OC-48s = (1) OC-192.
This muxing scheme is usually dictated by the equipment manufacturers and is pretty much an adopted standard in the Telecom industry - hence the lack of the lesser-common bandwidth aggregations like OC-9, OC-18, etc. The only exception is the OC-3, which was needed to allow the upper-level hierarchy to work.
Hope this tidbit of info helps the network design decisions for your business now….and in the future!
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications….including DS3-Bandwidth.com and Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you’re always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.
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One of the greatest inventions in Broadband Internet has to be the incredible service offered by Broadband Internet Satellite company Direct PC, which is part of the Direct TV Hughes Network. This allows you to get your Internet service via satellite. It is very high-speed although there is a half-second delay from the satellite for uploading which you need to get use to although it seems as fast as the fastest DCL line I have ever used.
The only draw back is in severe storms or rain clouds you can often lose the signal, however with any electronics it is not always too awfully wise to be using lots of electrical stuff during thunder and lightning storms you know? Last year I fried my modem trying to stay online during one of those superstorm thunder cells? Dah, we have all seen enough storm stories to figure out that is a losing proposition indeed.
However besides that one little problem of the Bad Weather Issues, I must say the service is good and the speed kicks everyones butt and well I am a happy camper with mine. Although I do not always use it having several other options, it is my first choice for Broadband Internet Service and it makes so much sense for so many reasons. Maybe you might like this in 2006?
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Imagine if you will sitting in Florida and watching some 400 channels on your Direct TV and listening to the Hurricane News as one approaches, but it is still too early to tell where it will actually hit. Then one of the outer bands comes over and disrupts your signal, nothing? Bummer indeed, but you still have broadband Direct PC by satellite and it seems to make it through those clouds and so you can surf the NOAA website and get the latest results or watch video streams of the local TV station right?
Sure until all of a sudden that goes out too because the next rain band is much thicker, more precipitation and thus denser clouds and well you cannot get thru. Meanwhile the wind is picking up and it is getting to be Gale Force or Tropical Stormish, but heck you antenna is good for 55 mph and even the occasional gust of 70 probably will not break it, it is pretty tough and you know this from past experience there. Unfortunately the wind gets even more fierce and you are having trouble with your local radio stations, you now have no TV or Internet and have no clue what to do. But you decide to get on the roof and take down that antenna, knowing once you do, then you are really SOL?
Broadband Internet will have signal and information problems during Hurricanes, but then again once the power goes out, you probably cannot watch TV anyway. Safest thing to do is have some extra batteries, as you will be communication blind for a while during these storms you see. Consider all this in 2006.
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Broadband Internet by Satellite is about the coolest invention in the World and indeed it has helped the unconnected become connected even if they live in the middle of nowhere. But it gets better than that even. Did you know you can get a special satellite antenna hooked up on your motor home or recreational vehicle that will enable you to get the Internet anywhere in North America?
Well it is true and I was one of the first 30 people with this system in 1999 and have now tried it out across America and it works killer in all the lower 48 states, most of Canada and some of Alaska, well anywhere you would want to venture in an RV in Alaska anyway. If you are writer or have a profession, which does not require a location or perhaps you just love the great outdoors, are retired and traveling full time, you should look into getting one of these great systems.
They are not cheap and run about $5,000 to $8,000 depending on where you have it installed and which system you get, but let me tell you it is worth it of have total freedom while traveling. There is nothing cooler than a Broadband Internet hookup by Satellite for your Motor Home or Recreational Vehicle. So, you may wish to consider this in 2006 and you will be glad you did.
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Looking for a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) but don’t know which one to choose? Though difficult, it’s something we all must do every once and a while. This article will make your ISP shopping experience much easier.
Before signing up for an ISP, ask yourself these questions:
1. Do I need dial-up or broadband? If you use the Internet for more than three hours a week, you should get broadband. Generally, the lowest speed broadband is the same price or only a little more than dial-up and significantly faster.
2. If I’m going to use broadband, how will I get it?
There are a variety of ways to get broadband Internet. The two most common and probably the best are through a phone line (DSL) or a cable line (cable). Less common ways to get broadband are through WISPs (wireless Internet Service Providers) or via your satellite dish if your satellite TV provider offers it. WISPs and satellite Internet are generally used in rural areas and are more expensive than DSL and cable broadband Some areas now have fiber optic broadband, such as Verizon FiOS. Fiber optic Internet offers speeds much faster than typical broadband and is the best choice if available.
3. What ISPs are available in my area?
Gather a list of all available ISPs in your area.
4. What download speed do I need?
If you use your Internet infrequently, you can probably get away with a 256 kbit download speed. For online gaming (and I do not mean games like Internet Checkers), the faster connection you can get, the better. If you plan on setting up a home network and having more than one PC on the Internet at the same time, make sure you have at least a 1.5 mbit download speed. There is no need to get Internet faster than 1.5 mbit unless you share your Internet with others on a home network, download large files frequently, or play online games.
Note: Note that Internet speeds are measured in kilobits and file sizes are measured in kilobytes or megabits and megabytes if the number is 1000 kilobits or kilobytes or more. There is a huge different between bits and bytes! In fact, One kilobyte is equal to 8 kilobits! For example, a 3 mbit (3000 kbit) broadband connection will only yield a download speed of 384 kilobytes at the most.
5. What upload speed do I need?
You’re upload speed is less important than your download speed. You should only pay attention to how fast your upload speed is if you use bittorrent, upload files to the Internet frequently, play online games, or plan on running any kind of server, such as a game server or web server. Upload speeds are often much slower than download speeds and like with download speeds, the higher they are, the faster they will perform. Upload speeds are measured in kilobits and megabits respectively.
6. Do I want to run a game or web server?
If you want to run a server, you will need a dedicated IP and your ISP must allow servers. Read your ISP’s terms of service to make sure they allow customers to run servers.
7. Are there any limits to my Internet connection?
Make sure there aren’t any limits on your Internet you don’t know about, such as a monthly download limit.
8. What ISP is the best?
Search the Internet for reviews about your local ISPs. I personally recommend Dslreports.com for ISP reviews.
9. Cost and Features
Weigh the cost and features of each potential ISP. Which has the best value for the money? Does one ISP have a feature you really need? Can you get more speed for the same price with another ISP? Do I need to pay extra for a modem? Are there any termination fees?
10. Choose an ISP
After completing steps 1-9, it’s time to choose an ISP! Sign up, set up your new Internet connection, relax, and have fun on the web!
Daniel Foster is the owner of PC Fastlane, a great place to find computer help, interesting articles, tech news, a list of over 160 free PC games, and more. http://www.pcfastlane.com
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Instant, speed is the change in advancement, which humanity has experienced so far in this age of rapid development.
Whether it is in the field of transportation, or in rapid diffusion of information, speed decides everything. The internet has made tremendous contributions in transmitting data, the innovation of broadband has also made a mark to carry out the given task in a fraction of seconds. Sometimes people working long hours and having less free time to think, forget what instant access broadband can do to change their lives over night.
This site gives you all the information about various services and their related technology, its providers, cost and everything you’ll need to know. Run through the site now, and learn more about broadband and more importantly…. why you should have it!
What is Broadband? <br> Generally, it is defined as a high-speed, high-capacity transmission medium that helps in transmitting large amounts of data in the form of signals from multiple independent network carriers. Furthermore, in network engineering the term is used to mention the method that allows two or more signals to share a medium simultaneously. This transmission is normally done on a single coaxial or fiber - optic cable by establishing different bandwidth channels. Broadband service can support a wide range of frequencies and helps in transmitting data, voice and video over long distances. It not only helps in their transmission but also aims to have a high speed, high quality, low cost and an easy to use Internet connection at home.
Types: <br> Broadband services are delivered mainly through telephone lines, cable connections, via one or two way satellite systems and even by radio. Based on its mode of transmission, broadband is classified further into four main types:
The Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)<br> cable broadband Service <br> satellite broadband Service <br> wireless broadband Service
Adsl is unique with its typical characteristic style to transmit data in one direction than the other. It primarily uses an analogue modulation scheme, unlike others using band technology based modulation. With Cable Broadband the transmission is basically carried with the help of an Ethernet modem for accessing internet services through the cable. It also provides a lot of broadband solutions to everyone. Satellite broadband on the other hand is very reliable, since it can be used from almost anywhere. They also come in two different types namely the ?one-way? and ?two- way? connections. Similarly, Wireless Broadband uses an arrangement of fixed antennas that allows the user to have access with high speed Internet connections over the air. They deliver fast Internet access by means of radio waves as a replacement for cables or wires.
Benefits:<br> There are good many reasons to consider having broadband. They provide a great help both in your home as well as in your office. Being at least 10 times faster than conventional dial-up connections, they assist in your business, giving broadband service reports, increased sales, greater cost savings, better productivity, improved employee satisfaction and by providing a overall healthier bottom line result. Moreover, they help in going global with your own interactive website, and multiple email addresses provided for a more efficient web service.
Similarly, in your home it helps by allowing you to have permanent connection to the web through an Always-on facility that avoids the need to dial up every time you want to surf the web or send an e-mail. With broadband in your home, you don?t need a second line to make and take phone calls even when you are online. In addition, they have fixed monthly charges to lessen the burden of extras and may offer other options, including the pay-as-you-go scheme.
Believe it or not! Broadband is and always, going to be the cheapest online option for the coming generations and also the tool for the future!!!
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You can easily determine the speed of your internet connection bandwidth by using websites that offer free bandwidth tests. But do these sites really measure the real-time performance of your web connection? Read on to understand how bandwidth tests really work, and bust the misconceptions you have about them.
Understanding bandwidth tests
A bandwidth test is actually a program that measures your internet speed by sending one or more files of predetermined size over a network to your computer. It then measures the time it takes for your computer to download the sent file. The result which is the measure of your internet speed is a figure expressed in either kilobits per second (kbps) or megabits per second (mbps).
Remember that figures resulting from bandwidth tests are only theoretical they may fluctuate greatly because of several factors, the most common of which is change in internet traffic. As more log on to the internet using the same internet service provider as yours, for example, speed decreases. The size of the file sent by the bandwidth tester also has an effect on the result try another bandwidth tester that sends smaller files and you might get a higher speed figure. Also, if many people were using the bandwidth test server at the time of your test, your results may be compromised.
How do you get accurate bandwidth test results?
The only way to get a more accurate bandwidth speed result is to repeat the test over and over, using different sites, if you can. Some experts say that you should conduct the test at least six times in four or more different sites. List down all the results of each bandwidth test from the highest to the lowest. Disregard the top and bottom third of the list and concentrate on the middle figures. Average these figures, and you get a pretty accurate figure representing your normal internet speed.
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You can test your internet speed for free by using bandwidth meters found in many site over the internet. Note, however, that the results generated by these tests are not 100 percent accurate, and that your internet seed varies from time to time (depending on many factors). Nevertheless, a bandwidth meter can give you a very good idea of how fast your connection is, and is detrimental to helping you decide whether you need more speed or not.
How does a bandwidth meter work?
The process is actually very simple. When you go to bandwidth meter site and hit the test button, the sites server sends you a file and then calculates the length of time it takes for your computer to download the sent file. The resulting figure is your bandwidth speed.
A bandwidth meter essentially measures the capacity of your internet connection to carry information. The meter typically downloads an image to your computer you can specify a connection and speed to determine the size of the image that will be sent (it helps to at least know what type of connection you have). The meter then reports the rime it takes for the image to be downloaded to its servers, and you are sent the figure representing your internet speed. To know if your speed is decent enough, try comparing it to speeds offered by different kinds of internet service providers (such as DSL, cable access types and dial-up types).
Most free bandwidth meters have servers located in the United States. So if you are testing a computer outside the United States, your bandwidth score may be lowered. Factors other than your physical location affect the result, too. For instance, you will get a lower result if you are downloading other things or running a bandwidth-based program simultaneously as you test your speed.
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The term bandwidth is very common these days, especially because its technology affects almost all aspects of our lives. You use bandwidth when you connect to the internet, when you use the telephone, when you watch television, and in many other activities. But what exactly is bandwidth? Read on to find out and see how it can change your life.
Bandwidth defined
The term bandwidth refers to the amount of data or information that can be transmitted over a network in a given time, or, in much simpler terms, is a measure of how much stuff is sent through any connection. Information sent can take many forms depending on the channel.
How bandwidth affects you
Bandwidth in internet terms is usually expressed in either bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (kbps), or megabits per second (mbps). The higher the bandwidth of your connection, the faster you can upload and download data from the internet. Dial-up connections are low speed at only about 50+ kbps, while better cable connections go from 500 kbps and up. Whether you need a connection that has bigger bandwidth depends on your purposes for using the internet. If you only use the net for text-based research purposes, you dont need much bandwidth. A whole page of English text is only about 16,000 bits, so if your modem can move about 57,000 bits per second, you are more than covered. You may need higher bandwidth if you upload or download full-motion and full-screen video, which, depending on compression, requires roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second. It is wise to subscribe to a high-bandwidth connection if you use the internet for pictures, graphics, music and videos.
The telephones use bandwidth, too in fact, a bandwidth of about 3,000 cycles per second (cps) is required for voice transmission. The bandwidth required for television broadcasting is even higher at about 6 million cps, and satellite system prevent interference by spreading television signals using bandwidth of as little as 17.5 MHz to a as much as 72 MHz.
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What is port scanning you might ask? Well port scanning can be describe many ways but basically is the act of sending packets to a destination of group of hosts to try to get a response. Why do I need to port scan and do others port scan me? You might want to port scan your broadband connection to see what your network has open to the internet and others may port scan you to find a way into your network. Port scanning can be done for good reasons and malicious purposes. Other real good reasons for port scanning is to see what ports your software might be using this can help you trouble shoot network issues. There are too many reasons to list here on the pros of ports scans and port scan software but you must first understand what a port is and how it affects you computer and network.
What is a port and how dose it work?
Ports are similar to addresses for example if you send a package to a friend you will have to put many entries on the shipping label for it to get to him. You would need a name, street number, city, State, zip code, and sometimes a country. Without this information your package would not get the recipient. Ports work in a similar way. Ports are part of the address for internet traffic. Ports also have to have other data to be used like an IP address, Protocol, and transport media.
Who controls port numbers?
Ports numbers are standardized though the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority or IANA. The port numbers are divided into three ranges: The Well Known Ports, Registered Ports, and the Dynamic and/or Private Ports.
The Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023. DCCP Well Known ports SHOULD NOT be used without IANA registration. The registration procedure is defined in [RFC4340, Section 19.9.
The Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151 DCCP Registered ports SHOULD NOT be used without IANA registration. The registration procedure is defined in [RFC4340, Section 19.9.
The Dynamic and/or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535.
Port Scanning Software.
Lets now take a look at software that is used for port scanning. A lot of the software out there for port scanning also has other futures for vulnerability scanning. One of the most well known port scanning tools is NMAP.
Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and graphical versions are available. Nmap is free and open source (description from NMAPs website).
Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP scanner and port scanner. It can scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports. Its binary file size is very small compared to other IP or port scanners. Angry IP scanner simply pings each IP address to check if it’s alive, then optionally it is resolving its hostname, determines the MAC address, scans ports, etc. The amount of gathered data about each host can be extended with the available plugin’s (description from angryziber.com).
SuperScan 4 is a Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, and resolver. Here are some of the futures; Superior scanning speed, Support for unlimited IP ranges, Improved host detection using multiple ICMP methods, TCP SYN scanning, UDP scanning (two methods), IP address import supporting ranges and CIDR formats, Simple HTML report generation, Source port scanning, Fast hostname resolving, Extensive banner grabbing, Massive built-in port list description database, IP and port scan order randomization, A selection of useful tools (ping, trace route, Whois etc). SuperScan is from foundstone.com and this description was gathered from there website.
Online Scanners
There are also websites that offer free port scans to help you secure your network. Here is a list of a few scanning sites.
Sygate Online Scan (scan.sygate.com) extended security check (Stealth Scan, Trojan Scan.
Planet Security Firewall-Check (planet-security.net) Fast, extended check, checks currently high-endangered ports.
Crucialtests (crucialtests.com) concise, incl. advisor.
ShieldsUP (grc.com) Quick Scanner, clearly laid out.
How to block all the scanning
Now that you have seen what ports scanning is and the uses for it you might want to know how to protect you network from scans. The best thing to do is have a firewall and use up-to-date Anti-virus & Anti-Spyware programs. You will not be able to stop the scans on your network but with a good firewall the person scanning you will not see any traffic back and hopefully assume your connection is not on or no assemble. To find more information on port scanning and the tools used try to Google it.
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When it comes to choosing a broadband internet connection, you only have three major options to choose from, cable, DSL, and satellite internet. Of the three, cable and DSL are the fastest, but they are not portable, and they are not available in most rural areas. However, satellite internet service can be had almost anywhere in the northern hemisphere where you have an unobstructed view of the southern sky, and in some cases you can even take it with you as you travel.
So how does satellite internet service work anyway? Well, the internet data is transmitted to a network of satellites that orbit high in our earth’s atmosphere. From there it is beamed down to be received by those who have the necessary equipment to be able to decode it and display at on their computers. So in order to receive satellite internet service, you will need to have a satellite dish, and modems for both uploading and downloading data from the satellite, as well as a capable computer system.
Because high speed satellite internet service is not dependent on cables or wires it can be received almost anywhere, and therefore it makes an excellent choice for those who live in rural parts of the country, or those who live in areas where cable and DSL are not available, and who want to take advantage of a high speed broadband internet connection.
Although satellite internet service is much faster then dial-up, in fact almost ten times as fast, it does not approach the ultra-fast speeds of both cable and DSL service. So if cable and DSL are available to you, either one of them may be a better choice for broadband internet access. However, in the absence of either cable or DSL, satellite internet service is much more preferable then dial-up.
Another great advantage of satellite internet service is its portability for people who are always on the go and travel a lot. For instance, many RVers make good use of satellite internet in order to have a high speed web connection pretty much anywhere they go across the country.
There are generally two options for these kind of travelers, either tripod mounted satellite dishes, or vehicle mounted units. Actually, either one can work very well when correctly set up, but the tripod mounted dishes provide much more flexibility for location of the dish, and they also cost quite a bit less than the vehicle mounted units when initially purchased. There are several companies that now have this kind of equipment available for sale, and they can be found very easily by making a search on the internet.
As you can see, there are a lot of reasons why satellite internet access can be a good choice for many consumers, but there are also drawbacks that must be considered as well. Hopefully, the information that we presented in this article can help you make an informed decision before you buy satellite internet services.
Steadman Issenburg writes on many consumer related topics including communication. You can find broadband satellite internet services and info on satellite internet speed and more by visiting our communication website.
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Satellite internet access is one of the ways that you can have a broadband internet connection that will allow you to surf the web at high speeds. But not only that, it’s also the only broadband internet connection that is able to be portable and taken where ever you want within the northern hemisphere.
This is because, unlike cable and DSL. internet connections, satellite internet access is not dependent on physical lines or cables in order to transmit the data. Instead, the internet data is transferred to a network of satellites orbiting high above the earth in our atmosphere where it is then redirected back down to earth and received by those who have the equipment necessary to decode it and display it on their computer. So as long as you have an unobstructed view of the southern sky anywhere within the Northern Hemisphere, you most likely will be able to receive satellite internet services.
But how do you decide on which internet service provider to use? Here are a few guidelines to help you make your decision:
1. One of the first considerations is what equipment is provided by the company when you sign up, and what equipment will you have to purchase on your own? This can be an important consideration, as some satellite internet service providers can charge a significant amount for the initial equipment needed to get started.
2. Another important consideration is how fast and reliable their internet service is. It would be a good idea to find out not only how fast the download speeds are, but also how fast you can upload data to the internet, especially if you tend to work with large files. Also be sure to check on their reliability percentage record to get an idea of how consistent you can expect their service to be.
3. It would be good to find out whether or not you can connect more than one computer at a time to their service, and if so how were those connections made? For instance, will it require you to set up a wireless network in order to connect multiple computers to the same terminal?
4. Before you sign a contract be sure that you understand how long the contract will be in force, and if there are any penalties that you will have to pay for canceling their service before the contract expires.
5. Also don’t forget to ask about technical support. How often it is available? For instance, is it available 24 hours a day, or only during certain hours of the day? And what kind of support is it? Is provided in person over the telephone, or just online?
Getting high speed internet access by means of a satellite internet service provider is not all that difficult, and if you follow the suggestions and tips provided above, it should help you select the provider that will best fit your needs.
Steadman Issenburg writes on many consumer related topics including communication. You can find satellite internet service providers and satellite dish internet access and more by visiting our communication website.
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The infrastructure required for satellite Internet is a large number of hub dishes and other standard equipment, such as routers for Internet connection. Besides these, satellite connection and bandwidth have to be taken on lease. This makes the cost of satellite Internet provision huge.
According to a survey, there were thirty-five million users in 2004, out of which less than one million users have connections other than cable and DSL. This means that the satellite Internet technology users are fewer in number, and there are severe hurdles in the adoption of the technology, such as natural weather patterns, inadequate technology to correct latency, and the slowness in uploading. These factors explain the fewer number of players in this market.
The satellite Internet industry in the U.S. market is characterized by the presence of eight or nine major players. Besides them, there are many small players and a number of resellers. The providers have presence over entire North or South America or over parts of North or South America, depending upon the leased satellites position. The range of solutions include web surfing, shared capacity for two-way access, and ftp-file transfers. The customers include residences, SOHO, small and medium enterprises, large enterprises, government offices, and vessels at sea.
The type of solutions include voice over IP, Virtual Private Networks and mobile Internet. The providers have to get licenses for linking to the satellite and the customers dont have to. Each provider has different set of plans and features. A typical installation cost may be in the range of $3,000 to $5,000, and the monthly rental charges may be $50 to $80, which explains the reason for less proliferation of this technology.
The providers allow for five fifty-networked workstations per dish and a similar number of email accounts. The installation of these systems may take five to ten business days, and it requires a thorough discussion with the sales engineer of the provider before deciding on the system. Most of the providers have an online presence or they can be found by referrals.
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Dreams. There are two types of dreams: 1. When you are sleeping there are stories unfolding in your mind from a parallel dimension. 2. The aims one has in life. The latter is the type of dream I wish to discuss. We all have these dreams, dont we? We picture ourselves in the future having realized our talents, having achieved in the areas that interest us most. Your dream may have been a relatively simple one, like reaching enlightenment, or helping to create world peace! Maybe your dream was just to set foot on as many beaches across the planet as possible, a little selfish-but hey, youre still sharing a smile everywhere you go. In this the Information Age, our dreams have become more realistic and practical to attain. With the Internet and web sites in particular, a global consciousness is forming to help all people towards their goals.
Lets say youre a young lady who lives in a small town in who-knows-where-land. Your dream is to one day live in a forest as a ranger, taking care of the trees and animals, living at one with nature. The Internet seems far removed from this reality but in truth it can be a main section of the road to your destination. By looking at web sites you can find out what other people with similar interests think about the subject. You can find out where youll need to go to study, what interest groups to join, and get opposing opinions on the pros and cons of a rangers life. You can communicate with experts from the other side of the world just as if they were next door. Seven days a week, night or day, you can access information and ideas from a wide community, a community you now belong to. All it took to start towards realizing the dream was simply by adding your identity to the new world culture created by millions of other normal minds. These are people who want to further humanity through the process of communication.
Now, lets say youre an old grandma living far away from the rest of the family. Seeing your grandchildren is a rarity as money to travel is not abundant. Through the websites and email on the World Wide Web, your family can talk and send recent photos electronically. Distance becomes irrelevant and love connections remain intact, maybe even becoming stronger than before.
The Internet is bringing human society more closely together everyday. National boundaries turn out to be unnecessary, as knowledge and wisdom become the imperative of the people. As individuals become known identities in this world community, dreams are worked towards with newfound relish. Friends are instantly made, and loved ones are also kept involved in the present picture of life. A Global consciousness is forming and your input is only going to further the evolution of society and happiness for all people.
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Modern Mass Transit is making it easier for commuters, especially with the latest inter connecting wireless technologies. Many buses, commuter trains, shuttles and even trolley cars now have WiFi wireless computer access so no one is out of touch during the travel time. This is being done now in Baltimore to NY trains and in Sacramento to San Francisco Trains thanks to Amtrak. After all we now have WiFi hotspots at McDonalds, Kinkos, Book Stores, Starbucks, Airports and hotel lobbies already.
By having these amenities we can get people to stay out of their cars and enjoy the commute and or take a high speed train on their next trip; not to mention save the gasoline which is approaching $3.00 per gallon. Once the system is built the operational costs are relatively low considering the costs of expanding airports which tend to have cyclical trends during boom and bust years and thus hard to manage your ROI, with gates becoming empty and then new gates which need to be built in the up cycle. One only has to follow the sector rotations of the airline industry and take a trip through the California desert and look at Billions of dollars of Airliners sitting hibernated which may never be used again. Between the cutthroat price wars, Bankruptcy tactics and now era of International Terrorism we need to rethink our transportation strategy to include other redundancy methods, which can deliver the speed and comfort that we use to have in Commercial Aviation.
We have only a couple Nationwide Bus Companies that deliver people across the country. We need to insure buses are safe also in the era of International Terrorism and at the same time we need to increase usage and ridership. New interconnected wireless technologies can do both. Since you are already on the Internet you can send video feed back to the command and control for the mass transit system and constantly monitor.
Providing amenities to commuters and safety at the same time will bring riders back and lets face it no one wants to pay $85.00 each week to fill up their SUV with gasoline. Now is a good time to coax the public back to the mass transit systems we have already set up and improve the economies of scale to make those old embellished proformas used to float the bond measure a reality. Can technology really do all that? Perhaps it can. Think about it.
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Have you heard of the new Internet? Its called Internet 2 and this time theyre not fooling around. The Abilene Network , begun in 1999 provides the main backbone and theyre a pure optical network wired for speed.
According to their website, (on the plain old regular Internet) The Abilene Network, which currently connects over three million users, 220 research and education institutions, and 34 state education networks, operates at a speed 15,000 times faster than the average household broadband connection and with a capacity to send 9.7 million five-paragraph e-mails in one second.
This means were soon going to get nuclear powered spam!
Everyone knows speed is addictive. Not only for Indy 500 racecar drivers, but also for computer science mega-geeks who will one day finally rule the world. Theyre shooting for speeds in the Terabyte range; thats a trillion bits of information every second.
We now wish to be called Tera-geeks, you puny sub-creatures!
Do I need all that speed for my email? one might ask. You do if youre attaching astrophysics, fusion energy computations, and bioinformatics with your message. The present Internet cant handle this kind of math. But will Internet 2 be used only for noble purposes? I havent heard of any holographic lap dances yet, but some people are definitely not happy with what Internet 2 users are doing.
Like the beginning of the first Internet in the 70s and 80s, Internet 2 is the domain of universities and research organizations for the purpose of advancing the aspirations and higher thinking of humanity. University students are already benefiting from the technology by illegally downloading movies and music at warp speed. A full-length movie only takes five minutes to download on the Internet 2 instead of an hour or more by cable modem. Songs come at a pithy twenty seconds.
Not so fast! says the record and movie industry. Theyre nipping this one in the bud. The RIAA announced that its suing 405 individual students for copyright infringement violations using the i2hub. The movie industry is suing an undisclosed number of students as well. Whats i2hub? Its like a Napster on crack. But you need to use it on Internet 2 to really fly - and thats not open to the general public yet.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America, there were 7070 users sharing 99.2 TB of files in one recent snapshot of time. Ninety-nine terabytes is enough storage space to hold all the movies that are available in a local Blockbuster store, yet people are swapping those movies entirely free, said an outraged and very frustrated Dan Glickman, President of the MPAA.
The RIAA will sue a handful of students per university to plant the seeds of fear widely. UC San Diego, UC Berkeley, & the University of Southern California are among the 18 Universities where students are being served papers.
Can they stuff the electronic genie back in the bottle? If they cant, the RIAA and MPAA are not going down easy. Imagine 405 students calling home telling Mom & Dad to be ready to put up the house because they thought the Internet 2 was a private network and they just wanted to fill up the iPod they were given for Christmas. The highest offenders, according to the RIAA, were caught with up to 13,600 MP3s, and 72,700 total files (such as audio, software and video).
Son, what were you thinking, Ive got Planet of the Apes at home!
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Are you ready to upgrade your residential service to DSL or business service to real broadband or T1? Well, the answer lies in what you need. Before you can realize your needs, you must understand more of what the word broadband really means. Below I will try to give you some realtechnical terms broken down for a better understanding.
First of all, you must know some of the jargon! The word broadband itself simply is defined as a high speed Internet service that gives you continuous access to the Internet on a consistent basis. Broadband includes a technology called ADSL which stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and requires a special modem to access the line. This technology uses standard copper telephone lines to provide Internet access speeds from 1.5 to 9 megabytes per second. DSL technologies or Digital Subscriber Lines use a higher frequency than standard telephone communication.
There are several types of DSL configurations including ADSL or Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines, HDSL or High data rate DSL, and VDSL or Very High Data Rate DSL. A DSL line dynamically increases the capacity of ordinary copper wire. Since the signal is stronger the closer you are to the DSL Access Multiplexor or DSLAM the faster your signal will be the closer you are to the DSL provider’s Central Office or distribution point. DSL lines are typically used for small business and residential customers. Of course as your needs grow, it should be understood; that the more data you need to transfer, the larger the pipe (Internet access line or physical copper wire) you need to transport the data. This is where more sophisticated forms of broadband come in for business use. The technical terms for this type of broadband is measured by the amount of data that the line transfers. T1 -Transmits data in the range of 1.5 million bits per second and primarily used by small and medium sized business with heavy upload and Internet traffic. A T-1 line is usually leased by bandwidth used. Typical uses are large graphic files, photographs, sound files, music, video, etc. However, your company should evaluate the amount of data and computers that are connected for Internet Access at the same time. T1 lines in the United States carry a 24 pulse code modulation (PCM) signal using time-division multiplexing (TDM). These lines use copper wire which usually connect major metropolitan areas. There are a number of high quality companies that offer T1 Broadband and you will find that prices do vary so it is important that you compare.
You may also find that your local cable provider may have introduced their version of broadband which actually can emulate one side of a T1 connection. However, you should be aware… you may actually get 1.5 mpbs on the download side, but when you try to upload a file, your bandwidth is cut down to about 1/10th. A cable connection is made for residential customers to surf the Internet with great speed and download files, but not made for you to upload with great speed. This slow upload limit is the major difference between a real T1 line and cable.
There are many types of broadband connections that are much faster circuit than T1, these range from T3 (3 times faster than T1) to OC-48, and a frame relay connection which really are the same thing just MUCH larger pipes (lines) that can transmit the data. I have found while working with broadband providers you really need a persona coach to help guide you through the process. Not only can personal coaches such as ImageLink Networks guide you through the red tape, the efficiency that comes from our presence and telecom knowledge will save you time and money in the end. It is important to seek an unbiased opinion and research for the best real time price for your T1 line. Broadband is a commodity, and changes as new subscribers come online in specified areas. To make a long story shorter, you are ready for a broadband connection if you are tired of waiting for a standard dial up to connect and download.
Do not be confused, dial up companies use a standard phone line to connect you to their server to bring you an Internet connection. One thing is for sure, if you ever experience a broadband connection via cable, T1, T3, DS-3, or better you will never ever go back to dial up.
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David Jackson
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Recent companies have been advertising wifi hotspot locations that are ‘turnkey’ (they can run themselves), and only cost between $13,000 and $20,000 to start. Is that good?
First of all, if it’s so turnkey then why aren’t they just popping off wifi hotspot locations left and right for themselves, is it their newfound generosity that has them ’sharing’ the opportunities they have available. I’m not knocking the possibility of some companies to provide a business model, like in the restaurant business where they allow you to own a branded franchise for an initial investment in order to spread out locations in a more easier return on investment. However, wifi locations normally have an additional service or product that acts as an anchor for customers to come in and use the benefit of wi-fi to connect to the Internet thru broadband high speed access. Starbucks and Hilton Hotels are prime examples of a business model that has customers coming in for a service or product and then using wifi access as a secondary product/service.
Secondly, the potential for wifi hotspots cannot be limited to a cookie-cutter system that will fit everyone, after all if that were the case the other auto makers wouldn’t be in business and we would still be driving ‘Model T’ Fords. Not to mention the fact that if you open a business with only wifi access as the only product/service available and then the community, town or city where your business is located decides to wirelessly enable the public transportation system like in the southern California city of Cerritos; guess what - your business just got knocked the flip out.
African American small business people have resources, and some may believe those resources are unlimited. But if you shell out $20,000 for a new business and after 6 months get locked out of your client base by a larger business or business model, you have lost more than your investment. A wifi business is not something that can be advanced as able to stand on it’s own in the present day. In the example above the city of Cerritos is delivering wifi along with it’s transportation system, which should probably increase ridership as people will opt to ride and check their email or just finish up a project as they go to work or to shop.
Look carefully at starting to use wifi in your business, research and see if there is a potential for competition to knock you client base out of the ballpark. Even then, when is your competition going to implement their wifi access and see if you have time to enhance your wifi service with coupons or other attractive services that may not be available to your competition. Wifi access will become a very powerful business asset in the coming year and more so in the future. Now is the time to get your feet wet, just check out your options in order not to get drowned out of business.
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Millions of hard-to-find books from five major libraries will soon be a lot easier to access: Google has made plans to scan and digitize them, making the books available on their widely used Internet search engine.
Google’s latest endeavor is a large step beyond previous attempts to scan books so they can be read online (Google, Amazon.com and other smaller sites have offered glimpses of books and libraries online before). What makes this initiative so different is the sheer breadth of material that Google plans to cover.
Five libraries will be involved in the project in various stages:
* New York public library: Allowing Google a small portion of books no longer covered by copyright.
* Harvard University library: Is contributing a limited 40,000 volumes to guage how well the process works.
* Stanford University library: Will submit its entire collection to Google’s scanners.
* Michigan University library: Will also submit its entire collection.
* Oxford University library: Contributing all its books published before 1901
To get an idea of just how large a project Google is taking on, consider that Michigan’s library alone contains 7 million volumes, which is about 132 miles of books, while Harvard’s library contains 15 million. The Michigan job is expected to take six years.
Although some in the field worry that this trend could signal the end of libraries, others are excited at the prospect of putting valuable information that was once limited in its use at the fingertips of all Internet users. The project will also create a digital record for material that was created before computers, thereby preserving it in a way that could not have been done in the past.
Google users will only be able to view bibliographies and other brief excerpts from the copyrighted books scanned from the libraries, while works no longer covered by copyrights will be completely available to the online public.
USA Today December 14, 2004
New York Times December 14, 2004
Dr. Mercola’s Comment:
Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, have long vowed to make all of the world’s information accessible to anyone with a Web browser. Now that vow will come closer to being implemented as Google has made an agreement with some of the nation’s leading research libraries and Oxford University to begin converting their holdings into digital files that would be freely searchable over the Web.
Harvard, the University of Michigan, Stanford and the New York Public Library are some of the U.S. institutions that will be involved. The whole project will convert about 15 million books at a cost of $150 million, or about $10 per book.
Plus, the Library of Congress and a group of international libraries from the United States, Canada, Egypt, China and the Netherlands announced a plan to create a publicly available digital archive of 1 million books on the Internet. The group said it planned to have 70,000 volumes online by next April.
Doesn’t that just want to make you get out of your chair and shout! I don’t know about you, but I am excited.
As long as I am excited about Google I want to let you know that Google has been my home page for over seven years. Why would anyone want to have anything different?
Well, last week I changed my home page. Don’t get worried, it is still Google but it is their new Google Suggest. It suggests queries as you type what you are looking for into the search box. By offering more refined searches up front, Google Suggest can make your searching more convenient and efficient, because it eliminates the need to type the entire text of a query.
In addition, the service can connect you with new query suggestions that are useful, intriguing and fun. Go ahead, try it, you might even make it your new home page. My guess is that in a few years this might be the main Google search engine.
While I am on the topic of Google, I have to tell you about the new version of Firefox 1.0. If you haven’t switched to Firefox you simply must read my article on why you should do so immediately. Firefox isn’t just for alpha geeks anymore. As of last week over 10 MILLION people have downloaded Firefox and installed it as their browser.
Many of you are already one of those 10 million, but the majority of you probably don’t know that Firefox comes preinstalled with search engines other than Google in its toolbar.
I just found out the newest version has a neat feature where you can click the small triangle next to the bottom of the default G on the left of the Google search box and you will be able to use other search engines. There are three in there that I use all the time: eBay, Amazon and Dictionary.com. But I recently was able to go to a Firefox add-in page and with one click insert my favorite gadget blog Engadget so now it is one of the options.
Dr. Joseph Mercola
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There are a number of options available for Business Class Satellite Internet connectivity in the U.S. today. New offerings seem to launch every week in 2005 and it is becoming a bit confusing for the business owner who cant obtain traditional high speed or cant afford the expense of running a T1 line to a location off the beaten path. Ive outlined below several options for business with the positive aspects as well as negative where applicable. Each company and heavy individual user has different needs, so no one platform is a one size fits all. I will outline them and you decide:
1. iDirect Platform:
This is a proven Enterprise platform which provides a wide range of dependable speeds for most any business, government or heavy use individual. Download speeds from 64 kbps to over 2000 kbps and Upload speeds from 64 kbps to over 1000 kbps are available. The platform supports shared bandwidth or guaranteed QOS bandwidth at much higher pricing. In the U.S. a 1.2 meter dish is standard. Equipment Cost: Equipment A 2 watt system will cost about $2,700 installed. A 4 watt system is about $4,300 installed. Monthly Service: A minimum circuit is about $250. A typical setup of 1000/256 kbps is $499 per month for a shared bandwidth-no FAP setup. For about $350 per month you can get 2000/500 kbps service with a 3 GB throughput allowance per month. There is a cost of $.09 per MB thereafter. The shared bandwidth package is far more predictable with the iDirect platform than with DirecWay or Starband setups. You can expect to see the advertised speeds 85 % of the time or better.
2. Surfbeam Platform:
This product is in the process of being introduced in America. Surfbeam uses the same platform basically that a cable or DSL provider would use, except it is satellite . It is much less expensive than Enterprise grade systems. There is only one provider ready to launch this platform in the U.S. and they should begin shipping equipment by April 1, 2005. In most cases a 1.2 meter dish will be utilized with a 2-3 watt transmitter. Download speeds of 1500 kbps and uploads in excess of 500 kbps are the advertised speeds; however, this hasnt been verified in the field as of this article date. Equipment Cost: Ranging from $1,295 - $1,995 including installation. Monthly Service: Ranging from $95 - $400.
3. Starband 484 Platform U.S. :
This is the beefed up version of Starband service designed to attract small businesses and heavy individual users. This is DVB (digital video broadcast) technology which is converted to IP the conversion process is the problem. It adds to overall latency and even with higher upload speeds than their consumer products (they advertise up to 256 kbps in Turbo Max mode- unclear what that really is), they dont support VNP traffic or VOIP connections. Download speeds are listed as up to 20 times faster than dialupwhatever that means. Dish size is 24×36 and transmitter strength not given. Equipment Cost: $900 + shipping + installation (price not given) Monthly Service: $160
4. DirecWay Business Plus Service (U.S. only):
This is the DirecWay beefed up version of service. The only meaningful difference between this platform and the Starband setup above is DirecWay has more experience massaging the DVB conversion to IP and possibly more advanced acceleration techniques. They will support some types of VPN and VOIP, but it requires expensive equipment ($2,000+) to be placed at the satellite location and at Headquarters for a VPN circuit- often to the chagrin of the IT department at HQ. Inadequate upload speeds for heavy VPN chatty programs still plague this platform. You can expect download speeds ranging from 800 kbps to 1500 kbps or more. Upload speeds range from 29 kbps to 90 kbps. This system uses a .98 meter dish and 1 watt transmitter. Equipment Cost: $900 + $375 installation (shipping included) Monthly Service: $129+
5. Ka Band Satellite Internet:
When this technology becomes available the summer of 2005, it could literally shake the foundation of the satellite world or not! It is a technology that has been many years and over 1.5 Billion dollars in the making. There will be 30 spot beams aimed at the U.S. and 5 used by uplink centers with the initial satellite (Telesats Anik F2) which will be operated by Wildblue Communications, a Denver, Co. based company. It is being targeted to small business operators and consumers in rural areas through a network of rural electric operators (NRTC) initially and through two national distributors as the year progresses. If it works as advertised it will permit telecommuters to successfully VPN into home office much like they would with a cable or DSL connection except at somewhat slower speeds (due to about 500ms of latency). Still, it has a lot of promise for the small businessman. They will not offer an Enterprise solution for some time- if ever. With a satellite dish about the size of a trashcan lid (.67 meters) and a two watt transmitter, users will be able to download at speeds up to 1500 kbps and upload at speeds ranging from 128 kbps to 256 kbps. Equipment Cost: $300-$500 Installation: $ ?? Monthly Service: Three plans with varying download speeds
$49 500 kbps download speeds
$69 1000 kbps
$79 1500 kbps It is unclear whether the upload speeds shown above will apply to all service levels.
At this time, I am recommending that small and medium businesses needing connectivity right away, go with the more proven iDirect platform. You can learn more about it and other offerings at www.vsatus.com or email sales@vsatus.com .
About the Author:
Randy Scott is the founder of VSAT U.S., a Colorado based sales and consulting firm which provides VSAT satellite platforms to business and heavy individual users throughout the Americas and most of the world. Randy has over 10 years experience in the high technology field, both in bi-directional satellite and industrial hardware as a business owner and Sr. Sales Engineer. You can reach Randy by email: sales@vsatus.com or toll free@ 1-866-978-4613.
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With high-speed Internet access becoming available in more and more areas, perhaps it is now available in your neck of the woods. If it is, you might be wondering if it makes sense to upgrade from dialup. For most people, the answer is probably yes! Here are a few reasons why:
- Cost - As it was for me, your most important consideration is most likely the extra expense required to move up to a high-speed connection. But if you think about it, the extra cost is probably very minimal.
If you now pay for a second phone line just for accessing the Internet, that monthly payment added to your ISP charge is probably as much as a high-speed connection will cost you.
- Increased productivity - If you work from home via the web, you’ll get more done in less time with fast Internet access.
Large downloads will take seconds instead of minutes (or even hours), and your Internet research time will be cut dramatically. And all of those huge, graphic intensive web pages that slowly creep onto your screen will pop up right away!
- Convenience - You’ll no longer be annoyed by lost connections and endless busy signals. You can stop waiting around while your modem dials in and does its best to establish a shaky connection.
A high-speed Internet connection is always on, meaning whenever your computer is on you have immediate and constant access to the Internet. What a timesaver!
- Conclusion - If you work at home and high-speed Internet access is available to you, you’ll almost certainly be extremely happy if you make the move. In fact, most people who try it wonder how they ever got along without it and say they’ll never switch back!
Even if you use the Internet simply for recreation and pleasure, the astounding difference in speed and convenience coupled with the relatively minor extra cost make a high-speed connection a bargain!
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Rick Rouse is the owner of RLROUSE Directory & Informational Resources, one of the fastest growing Directories on the web. Visit http://www.rlrouse.com and submit your URL!
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Of primary concern to all internet users is their actual connection to the internet.
A user needs to look at all the factors and weigh the benefits and costs
Reliability - is the connection available 24/7, or do you get a busy signal?
Speed - at what speeds can a user upload and download files?
Costs - what are the setup and monthly costs for the internet connection service?
Support - is support available 24/7 and is it free or is there a cost associated with it?
Availability - is the desired service available at your location?
Available options with good and bad features include:
Local dial up with phone company (local isp) - While this many times is the simplest, often times, they are the most costly and support can be an issue. Speeds are typically the slowest at 26k to 56k connection speeds.
Software file compression- If you only have 26k dialup isp connections available to you or you want to speed up your DSL connections, this is an important option you should take a look at. With this type of software you can increase your internet connection speeds by as much as five times for very little money. Popular software products that accomplish this are ActiveSpeed, PropelAccelerator, Dr. Speed, and SuperSpeeder, Highly recommended solution to increasing your browsing experience.
Local dial up with national firm - This is by far the most popular with companies like AOL, People PC, Juno, EarthLink, and Netzero providing this service to millions of users. These certainly are the most cost effective and provide excellent 24/7 support. With the high speed upgrade options you can approach 112 k speeds. If the company has a local or toll free number available in your area, then this alternative provides the lowest cost isp internet connection.
Cable connection - If cable TV is available in your area, many firms also provide an internet connection for an additional fee. Requires special cable modem. Speeds are anywhere from 512k to 10Mps.
DSL or digital service line - Many local phone companies are providing this service to selected areas. Requires installation of DSL modem on your computer and speeds typically are from 512k to 9Mps. The distance from the local hub also affects your speed. You will pay 2 to 3 times the costs of basic dial up.
Broadband - Is a term loosely thrown around that is applied to a DSL, cable, wireless, or satellite internet connections. Technically broadband is a minimum of 1.5Mbs but is used to market products with bandwidth as low as 512k. When you hear the term broadband used, think like health food, an undefined marketing catch word.
Wireless internet connection - This option is available in limited area’s and requires a wireless modem on your computer. Speeds typically are 2Mbps and this is a flexible approach as you do not need to be hardwired or plugged in. Available in many metro area’s.
Satellite internet connection - This is the perfect solution for remote area’s if you require a high speed internet connection. Upload and download speeds are different and in some cases you can only download via satellite and are required to upload via dial up. This is the most expensive alternative, but you can get service basically anywhere in the world. Speeds starting at 500k are available. Contact Directway for dependable and fast satellite internet connections.
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Ray LaFoy has been providing professional web and software development services since 1999. Living in Montana, he has made a career of excelling in marketing.
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DSL which stands for Digital Subscriber Line is a great way to get high-speed internet service, without having to get a cable modem, or live in an area that has cable lines. DSL providers have very fast and comparatively cheap internet connectivity.
To explain DSL, it is a way to enjoy high-speed internet using your telephone line, just as you would for dial up. Except that it has so many more advantages than a regular internet service could provide.
Have a look at some of the great ways that DSL internet can benefit your home or business:
- With a DSL installation, you can keep your internet connection open, and still use the same telephone line for phone calls; both incoming and outgoing.
- The internet speed that you can obtain with a quality DSL provider is much greater than that of a regular dial-up modem. To compare, you can get an average of 1.5 Mbps with a DSL modem, as opposed to only 56 Kbps with a dial-up connection (thats 10 times faster!).
- DSL connection doesnt necessarily mean that youll need any new wiring. As long as you have a phone line with which to connect, then youre already all set.
- Many DSL providers will supply you with the right kind of modem as a part of the DSL installation.
There are a few minor disadvantages to DSL that you might want to note. But it is pretty clear that DSL is far superior than any standard connection to the internet, and if you have the choice, you should most certainly aim for the convenience of high-speed. Some of these disadvantages include:
- DSL connections work best when you are located close to the DSL providers central location. If you are, indeed, close, then this should not be a concern.
- DSL internet is faster for receiving than for sending. However, the sending is still a great deal faster than standard internet services.
- DSL service is not available universally. Youll need to check your local suppliers to find out if they are DSL providers.
If you want reliable, high-speed internet, then youll likely be looking into a quality DSL provider to supply you with precisely what youve been looking for.
Dave Gonzalez
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We are now well ensconced in a time when the Web is riddled with graphics, animations, sounds, and videos, bringing about a necessity for superior internet access such as that which broadband can provide. The fact is that anything less than the speed supplied by a broadband cable has become inadequate for todays Web users.
Of course, if you use the internet only once every so often, you wouldnt be as heavily dependent upon high-speed internet access as is provided by broadband, however, if youre a regular user, its virtually a necessity.
But wait a minuteeven though you use the internet, it doesnt mean you know exactly what this high focus form of internet access actually is. So lets start there. In essence, broadband is a very fast form of internet connection. Broadband Will provide you with a noticeably faster internet speed than a dial-up connection.
Broadband used to be a challenge only because of its limited availability, however, today there are many ways that you can have a much faster connection. The delivery methods of broadband have been expanded to the following types of broadband cable:
- Copper telephone wires
- Cable TV wires
- Radio microwaves from local base stations
- Satellite microwaves from geo-stationary satellites
Now lets look at why this faster style of internet access is actually better. The benefits of broadband actually include much more than faster downloads. Broadband is the connection that is always on. As soon as you start up your computer, its already connected to the internet. For anyone who has waited for a modem to dial up and connect, the advantage of this is quite apparent. Furthermore, broadband allows you to download movies, music, and web pages that were virtually inaccessible in practical terms when using dial-up.
But the benefits of broadband arent just felt by individual users. Businesses, governments, schools, and communities can all experience the superiority that broadband cables can provide.
Here are some examples of benefits for each of those types of organizations:
- Businesses will notice an increase in productivity when large data files transfer quickly and directly among local and head offices, no matter the distance between the locations. Moreover, with the popularity of net-meetings and videoconferencing, a face-to-face meeting becomes entirely possible without the travel costs.
- Schools can now offer equal opportunities to their students no matter their location or funding. A student in a remote community is now able to use a broadband connection to receive violin lessons from the same revered instructor as a student in a large city. Moreover, rural students can take virtual field trips and see the same fascinating and educational museums as city kids.
- Local governments are now enjoying broadband benefits that let them provide one-stop shopping for town business transactions, as well as licensing, permits, billing, and utility payments.
- Communities have been quick to jump on the broadband band wagon to promote their local historical and other various tourist attractions. No other marketing resource reaches as far and as effectively as the internet.
There are so many fantastic benefits to a high-speed, broadband internet connection, that it is becoming as basic a need as a computer in todays society.
Dave Gonzalez
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Telecommunication, according to Wikipedia, is the extension of communication over a distance. In practice, it also recognizes that something may be lost in the process; hence the term ‘telecommunication’ covers all forms of distance and/or conversion of the original communications, including radio, telegraphy, television, telephony, data communication and computer networking.
While defining telecom gets more and more difficult, the profit and ethics behind the business keep on diminishing. SBC spent $16B to a company whose revenue stream is declining more than 10% year over year. Verizon bought MCI, and in order to make deal lucrative, they say they will layoff over 7,000 people.
The reason for scaling-down in telecom is that the technological advancement has terribly been focused on communications. We all owe a thank to nineties for that… Lots of technical people has seen the future in Telecom and made huge amounts of mind investment to the business. Today, we are forced to live in an overly competitive industry where telecom is forced to be cheaper everyday. To make matters worse, a company called Skype appeared. This global P2P Telephony Company decided to make old fashioned definition of telecom a commodity through its software, which allows you to make free calls over the Internet. Other emerging companies like Net2Phone and 8×8 also flocked customers to make cheaper (sometimes free) calls.
Some traditional telecom companies have kept an awry eye on those start-ups while adopting technologies like VoIP. They mostly thought those new technologies are something to monitor and investigate. In other words, they are disruptive. Some assumed the danger and started firing QoS bullet, as those startups do not provide top-notch service like incumbents do.
The fact of the matter is, none of those business plans will hold true should they are based on making money on calls. Like Michael Powell said, I knew it was over when I downloaded Skype…
So, can we say that telecom is a commodity?
My answer would be no, if network providers accept to change their musty mindset. Three things are important if the full background of this new notion is to be understood. First is, telecoms exist to provide infrastructure. The rest needs to be handled by networking and computing companies.
The need for voice, video and data are going hand in hand. There is no value in them when there is no Internet. Thats why, the second is, the new business plan should be based on the Internet access. If telecoms want to survive, charging customers packet-based with the guarantee of excellent QoS is the only way to go. MPLS is their material to make this happen.
This way, optimization, the biggest concern of telecom industry, can be solved as the packet usage can be approximated. Demoting VoIP into an application to where it originally is can be doable in packet-based model. This new model will also disallow fighting against free-of-charge models and bring a fresh breath to network providers to generate more revenue.
Third is, not only the ability of optimization but also the prioritization and security of the traffic, if needed, will let network providers to put extra cash to their pockets. The money behind the content will not be their ball game.
Some may argue that there is no incremental cost of extra usage of packets to a network so the value behind tracking the traffic is nonsense. However, what is unseen is that it forces network providers to upgrade their systems quicker. They can also build their cost /profit structure easier.
Perils to the model would be the evolution span of MPLS and anti-spam systems. MPLS, as an immature technology, is welcomed with high expectations. Addressing all needs in such a short period of time needs a lot of investment. The story is almost the same for anti-spam solutions too. No customer would like to pay extra for spam as this is adding to the traffic that a user is using. That would force network providers to unify on an MPLS/ anti-spam model where they and their customers can rely on.
Once this new role of incumbents is well assumed with solid technology, then converting the so-called threat of telecom commoditization into an opportunity is feasible.
Burak Fenercioglu is a freelance writer and working for a computer network security company for over 4 years. His articles are about new ideas, innovation and strategy all of which can be found at http://burakfenerci.blogspot.com
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Hospitals and the Medical Professionals associated with them across America have discovered during the last few years that a great deal of efficiency can be accomplished by utilizing the World Wide Web to connect Doctors, Surgeons, Medical Transcribers and remote or mobile Clinics together. A specialist can instantly review an X-Ray or medical chart half way around the world or from a very remote area. Although most of this connectivity is accomplished utilizing high speed terrestrial internet connections like a T1, Cable or DSL connections, there are many areas in the U.S. where this type of internet connection isnt available.
Satellite internet connectivity has advanced enough during the last year or so to allow a specialist to view highly detailed graphical information (x-rays or scans from MRI equipment) in a HIPPA compliant internet environment that can be deemed high speed. The equipment needed to accomplish this is more expensive than a DSL or Cable connection and there are somewhat more complicated security measures needed; however, more and more medical groups are seeing the benefits from this type of connection and adding satellite internet ground stations at the remote homes of resident doctors, medical professionals like transcribers and smaller clinics they serve.
The early efforts to provide satellite internet to this field were frankly miserable failureseither not HIPPA compliant or speeds so slow you could have gotten a courier to bring it faster! DirecWay and Starband solutions just dont have enough upload speed to handle this type of activity. When you add nearly 2 seconds of latency inherent in this type of satellite connection, you have a bunch of frustrated folks!
The equipment which will be the standard for several years to come includes an outdoor dish (1.2 meter is now standard), coax cabling no greater than 200 to an indoor unit which handles routing, modem functions and provides the required security. The upload transmitters are much more powerful nowup to 4 watts (compared to 1 watt or less in earlier solutions). They are capable of instantly ramping up the wattage during inclement weather to all but eliminate rain fade and can provide sustained speeds in the T1 or better range if required.
What does all of this magic cost? The costs have dropped precipitously during the last year as a result of two main factors: underutilized transponders on many Ku band satellites covering North America and good ole competition between the hardware manufacturers. In 2002 a .74 meter dish setup with a watt transmitter ran over $2,800 for equipment and upwards of $150 per month..and did a miserable job! In 2005, the same basic cost will bring a 1.2 meter dish and speeds of nearly 1200 kbps download and a sustained 128 kbps or better uploadincluding a Quality of Service (QOS) guarantee of speed from the internet service provider! Higher speeds are available for additional cost (as high as 2040+kbps downloads and 1028+kbps uploads).
These speeds combined with much lower latency (these internet providers use IP technology throughout the trip through space not Digital Video Broadcast translated into IP) provide a reliable, secure and fast experience. For the professional or clinic unable to obtain terrestrial high speed internet, it is a great solution.
About the Author:
Randy Scott has been involved in the bi-directional satellite internet industry from its beginning as a Sr. Sales Engineer, consultant and business owner. Randy is the founder of VSAT U.S., a consulting and sales agent, representing the most prestigious satellite internet providers in the U.S. For more information about mobile VSAT products or current VSAT satellite internet offerings, visit http://www.vsatus.com or email randy@vsatus.com
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Keywords: Vsat Satellite Internet, HIPPA, remote area
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