Mushroom Networks, Inc. announced August 24 the launching of the slimmer version of the company’s modern network appliance, which combines DSL, wireless and cable broadband lines in one speedy connection. The product is called Truffle Lite.
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We are living in a world of lightening speed information. Current events happening across the globe are online within minutes. People upload videos or post on social networking sites and although the people and their situations may differ they all have one thing in common; they all need faster broadband connections.
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Video calling is becoming more and more popular these days. It is not only suitable for business meetings but also for private calls of people who want to see each other. New developments in the involved technologies offer promising possibilities. Especially high definition web cams and fast internet connection will make a new era of video calling possible.
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The next big thing in mobile broadband is LTE. LTE is an acronym that stands for Long Term Evolution. Basically, it is supposed to be something like a wireless version of ADSL. It requires that mobile broadcast providers install a lot of new hardware to their transmitting stations. The adoption of this new technology might be a little bit slow for this reason. Once it will become available, the possible uses are impressive though.
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Bell Aliant (Toronto: BA-UN.TO ) reported a 1 percent drop in second quarter 2011 revenues of CAD 693 million. However, strong numbers in the growth of its IPTV and broadband sectors led it to boost its full fiscal year’s guidance. Its revised fiscal projection is now between CAD 2.72 billion and CAD 2.78 billion. Its previous EBITDA figures remain unchanged.
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Broadband network monitoring and intelligence solutions provider, Sandvine, has won five new contracts. The service provider for mobile and fixed service operators announced that three wireless firms and two companies providing DSL access have signed on for its services. The Company now has signed up more new customers than it did for all of FY 2010. These customers come from the UK, South Africa, the USA, Central America, and the Caribbean.
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“Telecom operators in Africa face quite a few challenges in bringing costs down. The two key hurdles are lack of DSL access guidelines and the high hook up costs to inland fiber-optic networks. These crucial barriers have forced some African telecom companies to ask for government intervention.
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Whether or not businesses or private persons should use VoIP is a decision that depends on the advantages of VoIP compared to the effort of changing the existing communication systems. Some of the advantages shall be presented here.
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Both, businesses and private produce, can save great amounts of telephone fees when using VoIP. For example, a service like Skype is free even when used to call someone at the other end of the world. Businesses however, need more complex solutions. Thus, they will usually have to buy software and they need support. There will also be a considerable amount of money that has to be invested in new hardware. If VoIP can be achieved without great investments it is an interesting option for businesses. Otherwise, it has to be closely calculated whether it actually saves money.
VoIP enables new and interesting applications such as a “Call Me”-Button on Homepages. With such a button customers are able to contact support hotlines. This way, customer service can be enhanced. It is also possible to create a direct communication network between remote offices.
VoIP does not need a distinct network like telephones. Instead, existing internet technology can be used without the need of a separated dedicated support staff. This can further reduce costs.
Especially for private persons but also for travelling business people it might be important that a VoIP-Account can be used worldwide whenever there is connection to the internet. Thus, one can be reached all over the world under the same conditions and under the same contact-ID. There is no need to take care of the local telephone provider’s conditions anymore.
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The quality of the speech is comparable to conventional telephony and depends mainly on the send/receive rates of the participants. However, server load among the internet may cause a delay or even interruption while chatting. Thus, VoIP used in intranets may achieve excellent results whereas the dependency on external servers may render it undesirable for a cooperation’s external communication. continue reading…
ADSL stands for “Asymmetric Digital Subsriber Line.” It is currently the most popular connection protocol for digital broadband connections to the Internet. It is a derivation of the DSL standard from the 90s. Unlike DSL, ADSL is asymmetric: That means that the data transfer rates for sending and receiving have different amounts. An ADSL user has a higher rate receiving than for sending. Since late 2005, ADSL2 + is available. With this new standard transfer rates of up to 25 Mbit/s are possible.
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