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ARN's A-Z guide to networking 19 December, 2007 14:50:54
As business needs change, so do the requirements for the business backbone. ARN looks at networking trends and technologies and reports on predictions for 2008 and beyond. - +
Product News: the latest news for the week commencing December 5, 2007 05 December, 2007 12:02:55
ARN reviews the latest news for the week commencing December 5, 2007 - +
Industry calls for broadband details 28 November, 2007 11:11:27
The industry is calling on the new Labor government to show its hand and provide further details of its high-speed national broadband plans. - +
IT wrestles with workplace blogging 24 November, 2007 12:00:50
How are IT departments dealing with the advent of the blogosphere?There's no question that blogs are multiplying in cyberspace. Now they're infiltrating businesses, too, even if the IT departments haven't sanctioned their implementations. - +
Blade Servers II 23 November, 2007 13:35:35
The world's two largest server vendors have pronounced blades as the future and will continue to plough ever-increasing resources into making them the mainstay of distributed computing. ARN, in conjunction with HP and Avnet, recently hosted an industry lunch to discuss what progress is being made locally.
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For the majority of those looking to upgrade to broadband Internet for the business or home, it's all about the extra speed.
Generally, the term broadband refers to a high-speed Internet transmission (usually 256Kbps and above) featuring a permanent connection. For years now, broadband has come in a range of high-speed connection plans across a variety of access services, and.if you're still trapped in the glacial age of dial-up, there really hasn't been a better time to upgrade.
Always on connection
More than just the practical benefits of a faster connection, broadband can also change the way you approach using the Internet. With a dial-up connection you may consider it a nuisance to log on frequently to look up small items online -- for example, using the Yellow Pages to find a phone number. If, instead, you have an always-on, fast connection, these tasks can be completed quickly, with little fuss.
Price factor
Given that broadband services are often touted as being more expensive -- there's also the issue of price. In short, broadband is more costly than dial-up.
However, with so many packages out there today many broadband payment plans are quite comparable to dial-up services. If you are a frequent dial-up user, this equates to many phone calls during a month. Once you factor in the cost of local calls every time you dial -up, plus the cost of your monthly plan, your 56Kbps account may not seem that cheap after all. If you've opted for a dedicated second phone line, you will also be paying additional line rental fees. Compare this to the budget ADSL plans now available and you can start to see the economic potential of broadband services to their dial-up counterparts.
With an ADSL or cable modem connection, for example, you can surf the Web without tying up your phone line -- plus, the connection can potentially be shared amongst other PCs in your home. ADSL, cable modem, satellite and wireless services do generally cost more to setup, but as you will see from this buying guide, there are a variety of ways to reduce the costs of installing the service as well.
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ARN Panel Sessions: Day 3The last of our panel sessions recorded live at CeBIT 2008. Today, the topic is storage. Data is growing at an enormous rate, so what does the future hold?
Brian's bloopersIt takes a long time to produce an episode of Channel Watch. Maybe you'll understand why after watching this...
When an IT disaster occurs, how handy it would be to push a button and start again as if nothing had happened.
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Viva la Verticals! Key to Vendor Growth is Through Vertical Market Opportunities, Says IDC 05 September, 2008 11:05:00
F-Secure delivers fastest protection in the online world 04 September, 2008 16:50:00
NETGEAR expands ProSafe team as business-class products take off in SME market 04 September, 2008 16:27:00
Rogue security apps dominate Fortinet's Aug 2008 IT threat report 04 September, 2008 16:00:00
Adaptec Intelligent Power Management Reduces Storage Power Consumption Up to 70 Percent 04 September, 2008 11:28:00
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