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It is no secret that the UK is one of the world’s most developed countries, but a move to implement a 10 Gbps internet infrastucture system, might be too high an aim, even for such a well off country. The proposal is to boost the ability of the UK to gain access to the internet but people are seeing it as a move to unify the many government services to boost monitoring and surveillance attempts, a thing that most Brit’s are not liking. They do love the idea of having faster internet access but if it is to serve the government’s watchdog efforts, none want it. Continue reading ‘UK 10 Gigabyte Network - Too High an Aim’ »

Most people fail to realize that ISP’s have security firewalls in place similar to what most search engines use to prevent harmful content and hackers from gaining control of their networks. The internet is actually a huge inter-connected web on networks, linked logically as well as physically through cables that serves countries and territories all over the globe. These companies are large though they rarely make the headlines for they do safeguard their equipment and the land-based cables that links the networks together. Some countries are linked by several redundant fiber optic cables and some even have satellite-based systems serving as stand-by links in the event of a system wide-outage. Continue reading ‘ISP Filtering - Saving you the Trouble’ »

Australia is again trying to go on a country-wide broadband access plan which would unite the country and allow full access to the internet where ever you may be in the land down under. The government has refused many offers from private companies to develop and put the necessary infrastructure in place for the project is to be a national one. The costs are staggering but today’s world of WiFi and WiMax would surely allow more people internet access as well as less infrastructure to cover the whole country. The US is also on a move to do the same, taking internet access to rural America but these are plans that may have to wait, till the recession passes and people start spending and bringing in cash to businesses. Continue reading ‘Country-Wide Internet’ »

With Congress creating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a group of ISPs, the WISPA, or the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, is looking to Congress to push for funding to connect parts of rural America to the world wide web.

A significant number of rural communities in America do not enjoy internet access, mostly due to logistic concerns and the cost of installing the equipment and facilities for them to connect to the net.

But through the new bill, WISPA is looking to Congress to give federal grants to ISPs with good track records so that internet facilities can be installed in these communities. WISPA is expecting that in the introduction of the internet to these places will also help user in added opportunities as well as boosted economic growth and better delivery of public services and utilities.

The many internet providers around the globe are always looking for expansion and innovative technologies to expand their reach. This allows more people to get hooked onto the internet allowing their subscribers high-speed access to the internet. DSL technology has some distance limitations which is roughly a thousand meters to the nearest access point which is normally in a telephone company’s switching office and then comes Wi-Max, Continue reading ‘Wi-Max - Next generation internet’ »

The Recording Industry Association of America or the RIAA has a hard time dealing with pirates, and now they’re asking for ISPs to help them out. After suing a lot of people for sharing music online, they have finally seen the light and admitted that this procedure will never work.

Under the new plan, copyright owners will send infringement notices to ISPs, who will in turn notify their users — and possibly sanction them if they don’t respond to numerous messages.

Although pending litigation will continue, the recording industry agreed to stop new lawsuits after working with Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general, and unidentified ISPs throughout the fall. Under the new plan, copyright owners will send infringement notices to ISPs, who will in turn notify their users — and possibly sanction them if they don’t respond to numerous messages.

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In their mission to develop and further improve their web speed, the company Cisco Systems launched recently their new-edge routers. This is directed to alleviate the needs of their customers for faster connections to the internet in the wake of rising popularity of movie downloads and video streaming. And also Internet accessibility with mobile phones. The company predicts that internet traffic will grow twice as much in the next four years. Their product like the ASR 9000 edge router boasts of capacity six times more than their competitors namely Juniper Networks. The ASR 9000 is worth around $80,000 with optional 6 or 10slot versions. Their product is currently being tested in the United States and in several European service providers.

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Video driven bandwidth demand has risen significantly over the past year. And it seems that the video is starting to kill the ‘Internet’ star, that is if internet service providers does not come up with a solution to the eve increasing demand for high bandwidth and fastest download speed. But other peer to peer technologies like BitTorrent thinks it can help with the growing problem. It is common knowledge that videos consume huge network resources than any other multi media available on the net today. The smallest and poorest video quality available in You Tube today consumes a huge amount of bandwidth than email, music downloads and voips. What more if you throw in a full length HD video in to the scenario. It greatly depends on compression used. For a fact, 1 HD video stream can consume 20mbps of bandwidth. So more users tend to subscribe to the fastest speeds available at home . While the video sites like You Tube continue to come up with all kinds of videos to feed the growing demands. And to top all that, it is estimated that by 2013, video viewers will reach a whopping 1 billion users.

The popular wireless technology used in home networking,video games, mobile phones and many others. Wi-Fi technology is supported by almost every modern personal computer, advanced game consoles, laptops, printers and other peripherals. Wi-Fi was developed primarily to simplify connections, the long wire connections of LAN cables and the likes. This is done through enabling wireless access to applications and data. Wi-Fi ensure compatibility of connecting devices. And to eliminate numerous plugs, adapters, pins and connectors. Wi-Fi has a number of effective uses such as your pc , game console, mp3 players or mobile phones can connect to the internet when you are within range of a wireless network connection. Wi-Fi also allows connection through peer-to-peer (ad-hoc) mode, which allows devices to connect directly with each other.This connectivity can be useful in gaming applications.
As of this writing, Wi-Fi technology had spread mostly within the industrial, as well as business sites. and will continue to enjoy wide usage in the coming years.

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To the majority of people, satellite Internet service offers the answer. Satellite Internet access enables most everyone, anywhere to have the ability to surf the Internet with lightning-fast speed. There are two types of satellite Internet access, “one way” and “two way” systems.

Two way satellite systems send and receive information from your satellite dish over the Internet and deliver it directly to your computer. The biggest benefit of a two way setup is that you’re able to receive high speed Internet access without tying up your phone line. Two way satellite Internet service also gives you an always on system. Browsing and download speeds can be as high as 1.5mpbs with upload speed about 128kbps.

If you are going to be uploading lots of information then two way satellite Internet service may be best for you. Conversely, for the average to moderate Internet browser, one way satellite Internet service offers high speed that is reliable and much less expensive than two way access. Because of the ease and dependability, one way satellite Internet systems are not regulated by the FCC. This gives you the ability to make a choice of professional or self installation.