Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Broadband Saves Money
Daniel Roberts asked: Most dial up users won’t switch to Broadband Internet because they believe it’s too expensive. Sure the basic subscription is more, but there are literally hundreds of ways to offset the higher cost of broadband Internet service.
Most people look at the bottom line cost of broadband Internet when deciding the cost versus [...]
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Cheap Broadband Providers: Offers Best and Lucrative Deals
Steve Wilson asked: Internet has become one of the most important parts of our life. Internet is independent of helping all of our queries that is why almost every person and businesses are entirely depended on the Internet. However, the Internet is advantageous and valuable only in one case, if we are getting it on [...]
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Simple Guide to Broadband
Adair Cameron asked: Broadband in its simplest form is just a shortened version of the words “broad bandwidth” which basically means the connection of a computer to the internet at high speed. The most common connection is ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) which just means an upgraded telephone line that stays connected at all times [...]
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
2008 - Mobile Phones and Mobile Broadband Take Over the World
Matt Sharp asked: 2008 promises us some very cool new technology, because 2008 is the year the world goes mobile.
Mobiles phones in 2008
So, what will happen with vast array of mobile phones in the world, in 2008. Well, as always, they’ll become more powerful. That’s one of the givens of the mobile world, [...]
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Broadband Internet Plans - Enough Options Available
Raina Kelsey asked: It was not long ago, that the term internet made its entry into our daily life. The arrival of this technology really transformed the world of communication around us. Internet is a series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard internet protocol. Generally known as a [...]
Friday, March 14th, 2008
How to Improve Your Broadband Speed
Karl Bantleman asked: With so much information flying around about broadband, it is not surprising that users are becoming slightly confused about what they should expect from their deals. Here are a few answers to the most commonly asked questions.
One of the most common questions is why speeds do not match up with the speed [...]
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Britain is in the Broadband Slow-lane
Nick C asked: A recent study of broadband users has highlighted that 44 per cent of customers are getting only half of the promised download speeds from their ISP’s. The study by Moneysupermarket.com conducted a survey of 43,000 people, 61% of which chose their ISP because of the speeds that were promised to them.
The problem [...]
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Understanding Broadband Services
Fletcher Mak asked: Broadband is often known as the high speed Internet due to its speedy data transmission. The normal Internet connection that is being offered to the customer is 256 kbit/s (0.256 Mbit/s) or more, and thus it comes to be known as the broadband Internet access. It has become a popular medium in [...]
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Is Cheap Broadband About to Go the Way of Cheap Petrol, Cheap Flights, Cheap Rice?
Shirley Stevens asked: In the past, European competition laws restricted BT’s stranglehold on telephone line access throughout the UK. There was a process known as LLU, or ‘local-loop unbundling’, which permitted companies to establish their own equipment in BT exchanges, paying BT part of the line rental they collected.
The outcome of this was cheaper [...]
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Broadband – Going Underground
Nick C asked: Experts have warned that the speed of Britain’s broadband is falling way behind that of our European neighbours.
With high-speed internet access becoming more and more of a necessity, we are running the risk of future internet developments accelerating away from what our aging UK networks can cope with.
Britain’s broadband is delivered [...]