Archive for the 'Technology' Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Who Cares About Broadband Internet Anyways
Aaron Siegel asked: Yes, not too long ago there was a company that launched Internet use into the average household. Remember the name AOL? AOL was pretty much the standard for Internet communications, even for many businesses. You waited for the sound of your modem to dial up and viola … you had access to [...]
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Broadband: UK Getting Up to Speed?
Liam G asked: The average UK broadband speed is around 2 – 2.5Mbps, this is a far cry from the 8Mbps advertised and even further from the average 21Mbps users’ in other parts of Europe are experiencing.
Its old news that the UK is falling behind other developed countries in terms of broadband speeds. However, [...]
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Cheap Broadband Services Way to Connect the World!
Fletcher Mak asked: Broadband has reached more than 13 million homes in the United Kingdom. The proliferation is such that with very few potential customers left to be tapped, the growth rate has actually declined by 20% since last year. However, now that the benefits of a cheap broadband connection are known to all and [...]
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
The Growing Broadband Services Industry
Harry Rockwell asked: Broadband in general refers to data transmission where multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the effective rate of transmission. In network engineering this term is used for methods where two or more signals share a medium.
Broadband is often called high-speed Internet, because it usually has a high rate of [...]
Friday, January 4th, 2008
Rural Areas Has Better Broadband Access Than Urban Areas
Karra Maxim asked: Ofcom has just released its regional communications market report and it boasts some rather unusual results. Indeed, the report shows that rural households have a higher rate of broadband connections than those who live in urban areas for the first time ever.
The report’s surprising results showed that 59% of rural households [...]