AOL broadband is the only provider that gives you the choice of connecting to a high speed broadband package. The broadband connection is also available via cable modem. Home computers are connected to internet by a cable modem and in the process NTL´s cable network is used. Often one wonders if AOL broadband will affect the telephone service or not. The best thing about the connection is that one can be online and you can use the phone at the same time.
If you choose the AOL ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) product the Aol broadband in a Box Package will contain special filters that plugs in the normal phone socket to allow one to use the phone and be online at the same time. If you choose the broadband cable product there is no need of using filter on the telephone line since the broadband connection is delivered via cable modem and not the telephone line.
To get AOL Broadband Gold one needs to have either a BT phone line or be the inhabitant of NTL broadband enabled area. The AOL broadband access is subjected to local availability and capacity levels and the landlord´s permission.
However there are certain requirements needed for the PC. Windows 98 Second Edition Windows, Windows 2000, at least a Pentium 233MHz processor, at least 64MB system memory, a spare USB port for AOL broadband Gold or a spare Ethernet port for Aol broadband Platinum. If there are certain services like ISDN home highway it is not possible to get this broadband service. For the AOL broadband cable product none of these restrictions are present.
If you install this broadband via an existing BT phone line there is no need of permission as long as phone line is in your name. NTL engineers installs the cable modem if you choose the broadband cable product. Then AOL broadband software is installed and one can start to enjoy the broadband features and benefits. No connection fee is needed for the modem or router. Payment is a monthly subscription fee due to access to AOL and internet via your broadband connection.
The AOL broadband Silver and AOL broadband Gold Box will contain a single broadband modem, three filters, CD that contains modem driver software plus your software, all cables that you need and certain easy step by step guide of how to install. AOL Platinum needs wireless contains router, three filters, a CD containing software, all cables that one needs and a guide of how to install.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Switch on your Broadband
Installing a wireless router at home is a great way of connecting, all your existing desk top Pcs and laptops together so you can share files and printers between them. What`s more, a wireless router lets you surf the web from anywhere in your home and from any PC or laptop that you choose. If you have a cable connection at home provided by companies like NTL or Telewest then a broadband wireless router can let you share your Internet services with other computers around the home. One of the great features of this wireless router is the fact that it lets you setup your servers in the intranet and automatically assigns Internet providers to the Pcs within the intranet. For customers who connect to the Internet through their phone lines the ADSL type of wireless router is suitable for their needs. This high-speed wireless router is brilliant for small office applications and it can let many users access the Internet at the same time. Typical wireless router packages come with the ADSL modem router, Antenna, adaptors and cables, a software cd and a quick installation guide that can have users connected and online within a short space of time. Regardless of the way that you connect to the Internet a wireless router can help you to link up an Ethernet connection and get all your computers working together and sharing files and information. You`ll find a wireless router can make surfing the web at home much easier, as all the family members can look at their favourite web pages at the same time.
Digital TV Channels
Digital TV is a process of transporting images and audio that would set up a TV programme, this is alike to services as text and interactivity. The data needed for a channel to work is coded in a digital stream forming an excellent picture quality. Digital streams carries lesser space in the airwaves, this enables the capacity required before for a single analogue channel but now can take up 5 to 7 different channels. In digital channels, your favorite TV programmes are in widescreen format while analog TV is not capable of doing this.
If you want to have additional improvement to the picture quality and the programme range of your digital TV, be sure to be aware of certain things that you look for in the package.
First is to seek for potential cheapest deal with any basic channel selection. Next is that you have the power to record and pause the channel that you are viewing even with other channels. You must also be able in transmitting email through the TV. Also get a deal which includes broadband connection or residential phone. The package must consist of line ups of excellent shows weekly. They must have the best selection of movies. You must not be bound within a contract so if you are not satisfied with their service, you may change them right away. Also you must be able to customize the programme selection upon subscribing to a particular digital tv dealer.
You can have a digital tv by searching for whoever available providers are there in your location. After you have selected of the offered features from certain packages, then you can now make a purchase.
In United Kingdom, the digital tv channels are approximately 200 and there are two kinds of digital tv channels. These are free to view and subscription digital tv channels.
Digital tv channels which are free to view are channels which doesn't require a viewer of any fee in order to receive the digital tv channels. These free to view digital tv channels are BBC1 and BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, SC4 and Five. Freeview is the one who is giving digital TV service at no charge, and it also provides the viewers with more free digital tv programmes. This will enable you to have more options that analog television. Telewest, NTL and sky also pick up free to view digital TV programmes.
The other type of digital tv channel is the one that you must pay a subscirption fee to the digital tv provider. There are two types of subscription within digital tv channels, the standard and premium channel subscription.
Included with standardard channel subscription are E4, Eurosports and Sky One. With premium channel subscription, you will have to pay an addition monthly fee to get adult channels, Sky movies and Sky Sports.
You don't have to worry about anything with regards to getting a digital tv subscription because once your connected, you have the option to add or delete digital tv channels monthly. This can be accomplished through contacting your provider via phone or with the remote control.
If you want to have additional improvement to the picture quality and the programme range of your digital TV, be sure to be aware of certain things that you look for in the package.
First is to seek for potential cheapest deal with any basic channel selection. Next is that you have the power to record and pause the channel that you are viewing even with other channels. You must also be able in transmitting email through the TV. Also get a deal which includes broadband connection or residential phone. The package must consist of line ups of excellent shows weekly. They must have the best selection of movies. You must not be bound within a contract so if you are not satisfied with their service, you may change them right away. Also you must be able to customize the programme selection upon subscribing to a particular digital tv dealer.
You can have a digital tv by searching for whoever available providers are there in your location. After you have selected of the offered features from certain packages, then you can now make a purchase.
In United Kingdom, the digital tv channels are approximately 200 and there are two kinds of digital tv channels. These are free to view and subscription digital tv channels.
Digital tv channels which are free to view are channels which doesn't require a viewer of any fee in order to receive the digital tv channels. These free to view digital tv channels are BBC1 and BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, SC4 and Five. Freeview is the one who is giving digital TV service at no charge, and it also provides the viewers with more free digital tv programmes. This will enable you to have more options that analog television. Telewest, NTL and sky also pick up free to view digital TV programmes.
The other type of digital tv channel is the one that you must pay a subscirption fee to the digital tv provider. There are two types of subscription within digital tv channels, the standard and premium channel subscription.
Included with standardard channel subscription are E4, Eurosports and Sky One. With premium channel subscription, you will have to pay an addition monthly fee to get adult channels, Sky movies and Sky Sports.
You don't have to worry about anything with regards to getting a digital tv subscription because once your connected, you have the option to add or delete digital tv channels monthly. This can be accomplished through contacting your provider via phone or with the remote control.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Virgin Broadband set to soar to 200Mbps
In recent years Virgin Media's adoption of NTL and Telewest has resulted in many of their customers getting a much improved service from adding the Virgin On Demand service to XL customers for free providing them with a wealth of programmes which they can watch at the drop of a hat to cheaper phone calls and call plans that rival some of the best mobile phone contracts.
In the past few years they have hired the services of actor Samuel L Jackson to promote their Broadband internet service touting better broadband for everyone with fibre optic cabling as opposed to the ancient copper wiring in place with most other providers. The fibre optic signal is not affected over distance and ensures a strong signal for all customers not those nearest to telephone exchanges.
This has become a sticking point for many keen broadband fanatics who when on copper cabling the further away from the local telephone exchange you live then the weaker the signal and the less speed you'll likely achieve. Virgin has used this new promise to their advantage able to push the speed of their service up to 50Mbps at the moment, the fastest available for UK homes, or so we thought.
Virgin has recently announced they plan to upgrade their network to a blistering 200Mbps speed and this isn't dreams of the future, this should be in place by next year (2010). The timing of this announcement overshadows the plans for rival BT's own fibre network set for completion in 2012 which would take their maximum speed to 40/60Mbps.
The 200MB figure is apparently only a theoretical limit and they think that a download speed of 100Mbps is entirely possible in the near future with the cooperation of application and content providers. Of course many customers are sceptical that they will ever see speeds like this as the often disputed actual speed of broadband means that we normally only get a fraction of the advertised speed.
You won't find Virgin's customers complaining though as they are at the moment paying on a three tier system where they have M, L and XL speeds, currently these sit at 10, 20 and 50Mbps respectively but every time Virgin Media has upgraded their network speeds the customers have not had to pay a penny more. Effectively they receive a service increase every year or so or whenever Virgin performs these speed increases.
The best way to measure your Broadband speed is to use some sort of broadband speed test, try not to use any bandwidth intensive services like video downloading whilst carrying out these tests. Many people have switched their internet providers in light of seeing that they are getting speeds massively under the advertised speed. Hearing from customers of other providers is often the deciding factor and if possible you should ask around friends and family members how fast their provider is.
If you are able to find another provider offering greater speeds in your area then maybe it's time you switched your provider, with networks like BT and Virgin increasing their speeds through new technologies like fibre cabling then hopefully the speeds will increase and be the same wherever you live.
In the past few years they have hired the services of actor Samuel L Jackson to promote their Broadband internet service touting better broadband for everyone with fibre optic cabling as opposed to the ancient copper wiring in place with most other providers. The fibre optic signal is not affected over distance and ensures a strong signal for all customers not those nearest to telephone exchanges.
This has become a sticking point for many keen broadband fanatics who when on copper cabling the further away from the local telephone exchange you live then the weaker the signal and the less speed you'll likely achieve. Virgin has used this new promise to their advantage able to push the speed of their service up to 50Mbps at the moment, the fastest available for UK homes, or so we thought.
Virgin has recently announced they plan to upgrade their network to a blistering 200Mbps speed and this isn't dreams of the future, this should be in place by next year (2010). The timing of this announcement overshadows the plans for rival BT's own fibre network set for completion in 2012 which would take their maximum speed to 40/60Mbps.
The 200MB figure is apparently only a theoretical limit and they think that a download speed of 100Mbps is entirely possible in the near future with the cooperation of application and content providers. Of course many customers are sceptical that they will ever see speeds like this as the often disputed actual speed of broadband means that we normally only get a fraction of the advertised speed.
You won't find Virgin's customers complaining though as they are at the moment paying on a three tier system where they have M, L and XL speeds, currently these sit at 10, 20 and 50Mbps respectively but every time Virgin Media has upgraded their network speeds the customers have not had to pay a penny more. Effectively they receive a service increase every year or so or whenever Virgin performs these speed increases.
The best way to measure your Broadband speed is to use some sort of broadband speed test, try not to use any bandwidth intensive services like video downloading whilst carrying out these tests. Many people have switched their internet providers in light of seeing that they are getting speeds massively under the advertised speed. Hearing from customers of other providers is often the deciding factor and if possible you should ask around friends and family members how fast their provider is.
If you are able to find another provider offering greater speeds in your area then maybe it's time you switched your provider, with networks like BT and Virgin increasing their speeds through new technologies like fibre cabling then hopefully the speeds will increase and be the same wherever you live.
Marketing Jobs in London
London is a major centre for the UK financial and media industries, but is also offering considerable employment for those in the service and manufacturing sectors. It may come as little surprise that the capital is also a prime destination for those with an interest in pursuing a career in marketing, and that many leading marketing people, companies, and exhibitions call London their home. Let's have a look at some of the leading businesses currently offering marketing jobs in London.
O2, now owned by Telefonica Europe plc, is a telecommunications company that has existed in some shape or form since 1985 (born as a partnership between British Telecom and Cellnet). Product-wise, the company is best known today for its broadband and mobile services, and subsequently through its acquisition of The Millennium Dome (now The O2) and its sponsorship of all Academy Music venues cementing its definitive brand. As the company continues to expand, it now employs 6000 people across the UK with marketing opportunities in Slough.
Virgin Media Inc. (formerly ntl:Telewest) is currently the biggest competitor for BSKYB in the UK and has its base in Hook (admittedly, not strictly London but near enough). The compnay now operates in a range of areas, including: TV, mobile and landline telephones, and even a pay-to-play online game AWOMO (A World of My Own). Despite announcements in November to cut jobs in some areas, their marketing team is undergoing continual expansion.
LexisNexis are perhaps less known than the other brands mentioned thus far. The name refers to an online searchable archive for journalists, lawyers, and academics - and considers itself to be 'the world's largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal, news, and business information.' Recently, the company have also opened up marketing opportunities across the UK including Croydon, Central London, and Wembley.
Camelot Group plc are perhaps best known for operating the UK National Lottery, and is currently run by five key shareholders: Cadbury Schweppes, Thales Electronics plc, Fujitsu Services Ltd., Royal Mail Enterprises Ltd., and De La Rue Holdings plc. The consortium have just embarked on their third franchise period, and subsequently increased the money it gives to good causes as well as commission for retailers. Camelot's internet marketing team is situated in Watford.
O2, now owned by Telefonica Europe plc, is a telecommunications company that has existed in some shape or form since 1985 (born as a partnership between British Telecom and Cellnet). Product-wise, the company is best known today for its broadband and mobile services, and subsequently through its acquisition of The Millennium Dome (now The O2) and its sponsorship of all Academy Music venues cementing its definitive brand. As the company continues to expand, it now employs 6000 people across the UK with marketing opportunities in Slough.
Virgin Media Inc. (formerly ntl:Telewest) is currently the biggest competitor for BSKYB in the UK and has its base in Hook (admittedly, not strictly London but near enough). The compnay now operates in a range of areas, including: TV, mobile and landline telephones, and even a pay-to-play online game AWOMO (A World of My Own). Despite announcements in November to cut jobs in some areas, their marketing team is undergoing continual expansion.
LexisNexis are perhaps less known than the other brands mentioned thus far. The name refers to an online searchable archive for journalists, lawyers, and academics - and considers itself to be 'the world's largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal, news, and business information.' Recently, the company have also opened up marketing opportunities across the UK including Croydon, Central London, and Wembley.
Camelot Group plc are perhaps best known for operating the UK National Lottery, and is currently run by five key shareholders: Cadbury Schweppes, Thales Electronics plc, Fujitsu Services Ltd., Royal Mail Enterprises Ltd., and De La Rue Holdings plc. The consortium have just embarked on their third franchise period, and subsequently increased the money it gives to good causes as well as commission for retailers. Camelot's internet marketing team is situated in Watford.
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