connection in comment and analysis
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment In fact, the biggest challenge for business travellers is not finding a network connection but the complexity arising from having multiple modems, logons and payment methods. These packages include... [12 Jun 2008]
Devil's Advocate: The train makes the connection
Comment GNER has recently announced it will be among the first operators to offer passengers Wi-Fi access. Martin Brampton questions whether that's such a good thing. The railway system can no longer cope with trains making connections. [19 Aug 2003]
Radioactive: Do mobile operators covet broadband?
Comment Long have industry observers wondered whether 3G mobile could become your broadband connection at home. The inclusion of the Mobile Connect 3G data card in Vodafone's solution could give it the edge over O2 as it will... [16 Mar 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: High-speed Korea
Comment Written in a Hotel in Gwangju, South Korea and despatched to silicon.com via a free wired LAN connection As to the speed of internet connection: according to my tests, it was mostly far faster than the... [06 Sep 2006]
Is the game up for ISDN?
Comment It provides a constant connection to the PSTN (public switched telephone network), giving 24-hour access to the Internet and to email, and allows the simultaneous use of the normal telephone line for voice traffic. [10 Nov 1998]
Leader: Is BT-FON deal a real mesh?
Leader There is quite a debate that rages about whether you should share your home broadband connection when it is flung beyond the walls of your home using wi-fi. Others unwittingly let others onto their... [04 Oct 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment A phrase often crops up in connection with housing - "peacefully enjoy". Unfortunately, the software seemed unable to use the connection and insisted that telephone validation was required. Software... [07 May 2008]
The Ovum View: VoIP regulation - the big issues ahead
Comment Anyone with a broadband connection - DSL or cable - can subscribe to a VoIP provider and make phone calls to anywhere in the world at rates below those of an incumbent. That fact, and some agitation from Jeff Pulver in... [17 Sep 2003]
Transatlantic Cable: My DSL Hell
Comment The process (and the reason it takes so long) works like this: PhoenixDSL provides the Internet connection, but not the connection between our apartment and the phone exchange where they have their... [30 Aug 2000]
The Devil's Advocate: Technology wimps hiding behind Windows
Comment Putting it like that suggests the connection. But perhaps there is a significant connection. IT departments are worried about viruses, spam and hackers, in that order. At the same time, we hear that... [17 Jun 2003]
Leader: The more broadband options, the better
Leader The always-on connection changed all that, and made the internet a more ubiquitous presence at home and in the office - no bad thing. As broadband penetration in the UK has just passed the halfway mark, a pay-as-you-go... [16 Nov 2005]
No room for broadband complacency
Comment He was citing figures from Analysys which reveal that at the end of July over 2.3 million people in the UK had signed up for a broadband connection. The government should be applauded for the moves it has made in... [04 Sep 2003]
The techs SMEs need for converged telecoms
Comment However, to get satisfactory quality of service of calls over broadband, businesses will need to have a high-capacity connection and ideally some form of quality-of-service provision from their service provider (see the... [04 Jan 2007]
Leader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader Operators are wary of EC pressure to push down these rates, which are incurred when using a connection for a voice call or data connection in a country other than one's own. It is fitting that in this... [14 Feb 2007]
Jerry Yang, David Filo, Terry Semel. Can you hear me? Your network took one hell of a beating...
Comment I am running on what is effectively a 100Kbps connection. I did step up the connection to a 300Kbps LAN connection but there was not much improvement in picture quality. This does look... [19 Oct 2003]
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