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Dongle users should keep an eye on mobile broadband usage to avoid penalty

More than other users, mobile broadband users are exposed to higher monthly cost and could also increase it if they do not stick to the monthly download limits fixed by their providers. On average, a mobile broadband internet customer get 1-5 GB data usage on their deals that may cost between £15 to £30 per month. With this usage limit, a 3G mobile broadband user can do most of the things on the internet they like. For downloading video clips or movies or large files, you may require much more than this monthly usage allowance. A cheaper dea l would cost £10 a month, but will usually put the users on a package with 1GB that is too small regular surfing. The latest research report from Moneysupermarket.com shows that more than three-fourths of the UK mobile broadband users are more likely to cross the monthly download limits thereby putting them on the penalties by their providers. The recent popularity of streaming videos, networking habits and also the growing mobile broadband speed...

Should Illegal file sharing on the internet be treated a offence?

Internet is a great way to get information or to be in touch with people around us. We need to send and receive information in many spheres including personal and official. Most common uses of internet are communicating via emails, photo sharing etc. As for the information sharing, this is vital for individuals and businesses. However, the digital information that we share on the internet should not have legal complications such as illegal file sharing meaning the copy righted prducts like music albums, movies, games etc are being shared freely on the internet. People who are involved in music or film industry will be certainly affected if this trend of illegal file sharing continues. We see people happily downloading files, movies, music from torrent sites without caring about the license or copy right. These illegal downloaders had also put so much load on the networks of their broadband providers. The result is, severe slow down and some times outage for hours. In 2008, the music ...

What is broadband?

Broadband internet or simply broadband is a technology that helps you to surf the web much faster than dial-up connection. Unlike dial-up internet connection, broadband allows you to use both voice service (telephony) and internet service at the same time. Broadband connection usually provides stable connectivity means it is always on. You need not reconnect to internet like you did with dial-up. Broadband connection means faster internet access service. While dial-up service provides not more than 56 Kbps, with broadbad, you can get higher speeds of up to 8 Mbps on a standard ADSL line. How broadband works? You can get broadband connection via standard telephone lines or digital cable wires. ADSL broadband offers faster download speeds usually on telephone wires. Cable broadband refers to broadband offering via the cable networks usually laid under the ground. Cable broadband that uses fibre optic wires can offer much higher speeds than ADSL fixed broadband lines. ADSL broadband speed...

Setting up wireless network at home

Networking helps multiple computers to share resources like hard drives, printers, internet connection, VoIP etc. You need not buy all these components for each computer that you will add to the network. In a network setup, you can also share a broadband service between multiple PCs and all the users can go online at the same time. If you have many internet users in your home, home networking is the best solution for all reasons. You might want to setup wired networking using Ethernet cables. However, the main disadvantage of wired networking is that it does not allow as much flexibility and mobility as wireless networking provides. The network area is also cluttered with cables in a wired setup. Apart from sharing the files, printers, if you want to share broadband, you need an internet connection. Both ADSL and cable broadband can be shared and you need a DSL or cable modem based on what type of broadband connection you have. How to set up networking? To setup home networking, you wo...