Anyone who reads about the Internet will encounter two terms: wireless and broadband. However, WiMax is a standard that actually merges the two, and takes the best of both worlds.Like Broadband, WiMax is very fast and can deliver large amounts of data. But it does this through a wireless connection,...
The FCC or Federal Communications Commission loses to Comcast in a lawsuit filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday. This is a landmark case which decided the FCC lacks the authority to require equal treatment of broadband providers over internet...
A DSL filter is a small device used attached in-line in order to help filter out and clean any kind of line interference to any kind of regular phone equipment. This device, which is also known as a micro-filter, is used when the DSL service shares the same line as the telephone. A DSL filter may...
EVDO is a standard for transmitting high speed wireless broadband. Also known as EV-DO, 1xEvDO, and 1xEV-DO, the EVDO acronym stands for “Evolution, Data Only” or “Evolution, Data Optimized.” But based on the telecommunication Industry Association, the official name of EVDO is CDMA2000, High Rate...
Even as little as seven years ago, trying to obtain video on the Internet, much less watching a movie, was a complete nightmare. With much of the Internet still on dialup, it could take hours to download even a three minute music video, days for a feature-length film. Furthermore, the video-watching...
WiBro is a kind of mobile wireless broadband access. It was created by a South Korean company, and takes off from the same standard as WiMax (IEEE 802.16). However, the key difference is that WiBro is specifically designed to address the need to remain connected to the Internet while the user is...
On December 21, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will expand government authority on the Internet. The FCC will take unprecedented measures to regulate the inner works of the internet and will disregard congressional rulings regarding governmental internet activity. The FCC is...
The Digital Millennium Copyright ACT (DMCA) is one of the best-known and most-controversial pieces of legislation passed in recent years. It has had a greater impact on the Web than virtually any other piece of legislation and is largely responsible for much of the Web we see today. One of the...
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An ISP, which stands for Internet Service Provider, is a company that provides its subscribers with access to the internet in exchange for a monthly or yearly subscription fee. An ISP can provide different types of internet access. It could be something as basic as a dial-up service to faster...
