The decision to use Metro Ethernet (or Metro E) for your business should be based on more than just the capability of the technology. The technology’s application to your core needs is what matters. Your core needs are those services that-without them-your business would suffer. Most people think only in terms of network speed. Your [...]
The term bandwidth monitor describes the use of a program that constantly monitors a Internet connection for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator (via email, pager or other alarms) in case of outages. It is a subset of the functions involved in network management. Internet connection monitoring starts with a standard [...]
A service that is fast becoming synonymous with modern day households, broadband internet gives its user high speed access to the World Wide Web. The successor to a dial-up connection, broadband can be over 100 times quicker than the old dial-up connection – which is only one of broadband’s many benefits – allowing for the [...]
For many, the internet is something that is still only relatively new, dating back to around the late 1990s. However, whilst there is no doubt that the late 1990s was when the internet’s popularity and usage exploded, making the World Wide Web a resource that was to become imperative to such a vast array of [...]
Working in the Games Industry used to be an unrealistic pipe dream for many, limited only to the clever, technically minded people that could make sense of the geeky magic that goes into creating a game. In recent years the industry has advanced due to the evolution of broadband internet and it’s ability to move [...]
We have been out of the global recession that rocked the world for almost 12 months now, but there aren’t many people around the country who aren’t feeling the after effects. Unfortunately, the high prices that we’re seeing across the board – the only lower price most are seeing is a slightly decrease in some [...]
As we’re nearly through November already, that means there’s less than 40 days to go until Christmas. What’s more exciting – or worrying, depending on which way you look at it – is that it means there’s only 1 pay days left until the big day (2 if you’re lucky enough to get your December [...]
When you look back to the mid 1980s when the internet first started to become available to the public – and even through to the 1990s – internet providers were few and far between. The industry hadn’t hit its first peak and although more and more people were becoming to realise just how useful it [...]
Talk to die hard fans of the internet and it seems that no home in the UK should be without broadband internet. Fast, reliable and now relatively cheap, if you’re searching for the best broadband deals around, take a look at the following 4 points before you start shopping. 1. Take out a bundle… – [...]
According to data provided by Internet World Stats from 30 June 2010, nearly 2 billion people worldwide have some form of access to the internet. Whilst some of these people will no doubt be using a dial-up modem and others will be using particularly fast ADSL lines, more and more people are considering standard broadband [...]
Something which is now considered by many to be a necessity, broadband internet, like most other technology services, can bring with it questions that many people simply don’t know the full and correct answer to, with the following 5 questions being some of those which are most frequently asked 1. How do I get the [...]
According to an article on Martin Lewis’s Money Saving Expert website, in 2009 there was still 10 percent of people who had internet access in the UK using a dial-up connection. Whilst this is a necessary means of internet access for some, due largely to the fact broadband isn’t available in their area, some are [...]
The internet has had many major advances nowadays. Right now, there are just so many ways that you could get to connect to the internet. When the web first started to become common, the best way that people could get to connect to the world wide web is to use dial-up modems. Right now, there [...]
People today are much concerned of their budget. They are searching for goods or services that give them so many savings over the expenses they have made and yet still provide good quality services. When they are planning to get a DSL connection, what comes to their minds are the prices of the package and [...]
If you are one of those looking for extra income at the comforts of your own home and you want to explore the many opportunities online, you can indeed find a lot of opportunities. In fact, a lot of people, even those without any existing businesses, have put up an online business and succeed. If [...]
A recent survey on the Money Saving Expert website (the website devised and ran by Martin Lewis, a leading and popular financial adviser in the UK) found that out of the 15,000 people that took part in the survey, almost 50 percent considered broadband to be a necessity in their everyday home life. And although [...]
For most people around the UK, we tend not to be bothered too much about the price of an item or service – assuming it’s within our budget – as long as we’re getting good value for money. Some people are forced to purchase low costing goods because of their financial situation whereas some like [...]
The very first mobile phone that was manufactured for consumer use was the Motorola DynaTAC, which when initially made available in 1983, allowed you to make a phone call without using a landline telephone – something which was seen as fantastic invention, particularly for those in business (which was useful, as it’s price tag of [...]
A phrase that has become increasingly common over the past few years is ‘location independent’. Whilst it is used to refer to several different points, including your accommodation arrangements and where you’re living, it’s arguably used more often when referring to the ability to carry out your work effectively, irrelevant of where you’re located. Working [...]
When the internet was first invented, it was thought of as being such a fantastic invention as it allowed you to exchange information with people on the other side of the world, albeit slowly and via a hard wired connection. Fast forward 20 years and mobile broadband is available, giving you fast, reliable access without [...]
