The world is being overtaken by the true wireless revolution with more and more people turning to wireless technology for their internet needs. We have 3G, WiFi and Wimax among some of the spreading technologies and everybody seems to love the concept of being wired constantly, for work or play. The advent of the social network further expanded the need for such wireless networks and add to that the proliferation of smart-phones and ultra-portables, they connect to the internet anywhere there is a wireless hotspot. People who rely heavily on the internet for their income and social needs even get hold of wireless hotspot detectors that tells them if there is a strong enough signal to connect and go on with their activities. Continue reading “Wireless Broadband – Taking the world by Storm”
There is a much debated fact that ISP’s are not really publishing the true figures as to their real connection speeds and other details of their internet service. mainly for security reasons, it does have a profound effect on the overall performance of your desktop and its relationship to the rest of the internet when it comes to network intensive tasks such as gaming and other functions such as business related mashup apps. Mashables are applications that obtains information from all over the place, from a company database, your email account and more and with such a network intensive application, shortcomings of the network or rather the ISP makes itself more apparent. Continue reading “ISP’s and True Connection Speeds”
The world has heard of the process as with many countries who want to control their people with respect to information and other deemed to be potentially harmful sites, site blocking on the ISP level. many countries all over the world have tried to control it yet the advent of 3G data packet technology has rendered many of these measures useless and quite ineffective. There was a time when everybody could get any form of information from just about anything on the web. Security concerns prompted the installation of firewalls and other intrusion prevention systems that blocks unwanted users from getting into sites such as those of the FBI and other secure government sites. Governments have them yet even these million-dollar computer security systems are sometimes baffled by malware that evolves like the rest of the internet. Continue reading “Internet Filtering – Bad Idea”
WISPA, or the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association is campaigning in the Congress to push legislation that will allow for more Americans to receive internet access.
Many Americans, especially those in rural and far flung areas, do not enjoy connection to the internet simply because it costs a lot to bring access to these areas. WISPA is gunning for federal support in terms of fund assistance to small ISPs with a good track record, who will be given grants to expand their service providing to these areas.
The group believes that access to the web will also usher in new opportunities for these areas, so that they can grow and enjoy a better economy. Public services and utilities are also expected to be enhanced by the installation of internet service.
