How to Use Your Cell Phone as a Wireless Modem For Your Computer by Natalie Aranda
The cell phone has certainly changed how people communicate. The newer model cell phones are packed with features from GPS trackers to advanced audio players. One useful feature of cell phones for frequent travelers is its ability to be used as a wireless modem to enable you to use your laptop... It is important to remember that the cell phone/modem will be connecting at a dial up speed that is going to most likely be considerably slower than the broadband service you are used to using. ... They must have nationwide free long distance or free local access numbers nationwide.

Huntsville, AL Offers Municipal WiFi Offering That Makes Sense by Kurt Uhlir
For the past several years, municipalities across the country have talked about and even begun implementing free WiFi offering. Many critics of these plans have claimed that cities have no business offering free high-speed wireless access as it competes with local telephone companies, cable... Even with free internet access, the cost for a computer and wireless card are still a large barrier for many low-income households, but the “digital divide” is one that does need continued attention. ... Some municipalities have proposed offering WiFi for a cost and simply providing free services for...

Always-On Networks Created with a Wireless Router by Troy Davies
If you're using a wireless network with Windows' built-in Internet Connection Sharing, you're probably quite happy with it -- but there's a problem. The problem is this: the computer the modem is connected to needs to be turned on before any of the other computers can get Internet access! ... It's basically a way giving you broadband access while still requiring you to enter a username and password first, and you need to go through a short process to use a PPPoE connection with a wireless router.

Watching Satellite TV On Your PC by Teddy Lc.
Introduction Here's a new technology that might threaten the market position of satellite TV or cable TV services - Satellite TV on PC. As the rapid advancing technology, you can now view satellite TV programs on your PC with just a small one time set up fees. ... No monthly cost like normal satellite or cable services, no extra hardware plug in for your PC, no extra equipments like satellite dish or whatsoever… all you need is to install the special software into a PC with broadband Internet connection and you can get your satellite TV entertainments.

Uses of WiMAX by Michael Russell
WiMAX is designed as a wireless alternative to DSL and cable for last mile broadband access and as way to interconnect Wi-Fi hotspots into a Metropolitan Area Network. Although, the actual uses for WiMAX overlaps those for Wireless Local Area Network up until the mobile Wide Area Network level. ... A WiMAX antenna can also be directly connected to an Internet backbone using a fiber optic cable. ... This is one of the means to increase bandwidth for data-intensive applications running across a wireless network or as a back-haul for cellular phone and Internet traffic from a remote area back...

Simple Steps to Secure Your Computer by Russell Card
Since you're reading this article, you're already connected to the Internet. You've probably already thought about security on your computer or network. Every day seems to bring new threats and it can seem pretty daunting, but the key thing is to have a common sense approach and to take a few... Whatever you do, don't rely on the Network Address Translation or packet filter built in to your Broadband or Cable router. ... FIREWALL A firewall is always recommended to help protect against unauthorized access to your PC.

Networking Terms: Educating Your Clients by Joshua Feinberg
It is very important to educate your small business prospects and clients on key small business networking terms and buzzwords. After all, in order to "win them over", you need to be speaking the same language. In fact, you may even want to prepare a "cheat sheet", based on the below... • NIC (Network Interface Card) - a printed circuit board, adapter card or the underlying supporting chipset that snaps into the motherboard of a desktop PC, notebook or server and transmits and receives packets on a network; used to connect to networks including a local area network (LAN), wide area network...

Tools for Traders: Hardware and Software by James Okada Lee
Online trading is gaining popularity because of its efficiency and ease of use. If you are on the trading business, it is important to know the right tools of the trade. Doing trade at home should not pose any problem as long as you have the right hardware and software to assist you in your... A cable or a broadband (DSL phone line) connection would be sufficient. ... If you want faster transaction and can pay a slightly higher fee another alternative is to use an Electric Direct Access Trading also simply referred to as EDAT.

Cut The Wires by John Geiger
How often do you see someone sitting in an airport lounge or coffee shop working on a laptop computer? Sure they could be playing solitaire, but the odds are increasing that they are corresponding via e-mail, sending a report back to the home office, or downloading a presentation for their next... A high speed (broadband) internet connection, the most common being cable, or DSL. ... Higher speed internet access service can help if you are networking simultaneous users who use the internet. ... Wish you could instantly provide internet access for the new employee, the conference room, or...

WiFi Vs. WiMax by Dennis Schooley
Wi Fi Fo Fum, I think I smell the blood…oops wrong tale. This story doesn’t involve giants, but it does involve giant leaps forward in technology that will affect us all. The other day I was watching two kids play. Each had a tin can up to their ear and they were speaking to each other on the... Where governments once ensured that all residents were able to receive phone service in the Ma Bell days, that lingo is now being used in relation to broadband access to the Internet. ... According to WiMaxxed.com it “will connect you to the Internet at faster speeds and from much longer ranges...