telecommunications

Just had a laugh at BT's expense, they rang me trying to flog me BT-broadband... they tried to tell me the max my line can support is 3.5mb, I told them outright they need to check that because on BE ISP i've had 2+ years with actual speeds of never less than 9mb, usually 10-12mb from a 24mb...

Google has selected local Internet provider Sonic.net as a partner for its high-profile project to deliver ultra-fast broadband services to a select few homes in the South Bay.Sonic.net will provide customer service and perform on-site installations for the fiber optic broadband network...

LG’s First Windows 7 Phone Now on Sale! LG Mobile New Zealand has launched its first Microsoft Windows Phone 7 powered Smartphone, Optimus 7Q, exclusively on the Telecom network for Gen-i clients. More...

Alongside several other models, the Samsung Omnia 7 was just made available as a means to exhibit eagerly anticipated Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS. This super stylish looking device provides the impressive new OS in partnership with a 1 GHz chip, five mp digital camera, tons of internal storage...

Any room to move in here? The World Wide Wibble now has a population of nearly two billion people according to the report, from the International Telecommunication Union. The report says that we will see 2 billion Web dwellers by the end of this year a figure which means that the number of...

i currently have a ADSL modem 802.11g and would like to upgrade it to a modem that matches my Wireless PCI Adaptor (D-Link DWA 556) and the matching modem is a D-Link DIR-655. this modem has also been tested as the fastest modem you can buy but it only has a ethernet port and therefor cant find...

Pigeon is 'faster than broadband' An IT company in Durban, South Africa has discovered that a pigeon can carry data faster than broadband. Staff at Unlimited IT pitted an 11-month-old bird bearing a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country's biggest web provider, Telkom...

From the New York Times: From the Associated Press: I've been on the phone with Optimum Online, which provides high speed cable Internet to the NY tri-state area. I've been on hold for over an hour. :confused: It looks like the infrastructure here is seriously damaged. This is following a...

The Internet is a basic human right Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Monday, 08 March 2010 11:18 Most of the world believes More than 80 per cent of the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right...

Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009

this just popped in my email box: "The controversial landline tax, designed to fund next generation broadband services, is to be made law before the general election. The 50p a month landline tax is to be included in this year's finance bill with the aim to raise up to £175million a year...

Did you know the telephone extension wiring in your house can pick up all sorts of electrical noise and interference from TV's, lights and other everyday electrical equipment? This interference can affect your broadband signal resulting in a slower broadband speed. I was curious about this...

I have recently upgraded my main pc to vista ultimate, have set up ICS to share the wireless connection i have where I live and it runs though a linksys 8 port switch, it works fine on all the machines "3 total atm" untill i launch a game like DAOC or COD2 on the main PC then the XP machine...