Archive for July 29th, 2008
VDSL (Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) - Description
By Jeremy Maddock
VDSL is a developing broadband communications technology, which allows users to upload and download data at extremely high speeds, over a Digital Subscriber Line. Speeds can be as high as 1.5 to 2.3 Mbps for upstream (sent) data, and 13 - 52 Mbps for downstream (received) data. VDSL’s main limitation is the fact […]
WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) - Description
By Jeremy Maddock
WiMAX is another name for IEEE 802.16, an international standard that allows for computers to be networked together and access the internet wirelessly. Although similar to Wi-Fi, WiMAX has a much broader range, and allows for faster data transfer speeds.
Because of the fact that a single WiMAX base station can cover an entire […]
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) - Description
By Jeremy Maddock
Wi-fi is a wireless data networking protocol, which allows for PCs and laptops to access the internet, within a given area or “hotspot”, via a high frequency wireless local area network (WLAN). The term Wi-Fi was coined by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) as another name for IEEE 802.11b networking standard. WECA […]
Don’t Get Lost In The Jungle Called Ebay.com
By Thomas Haselhorst
Can you believe that? I just did a search on Google for ‘ebay secrets’ and I got 3,090,000 (!) results back. Amazing isn’t it? The search term ‘ebay tips’ resulted in 11,700,000 (!) sites and ‘ebay help’ even in 53,000,000 (!) web pages and so on and so on. I just cannot believe […]
M-Commerce Twice the Cash Value of E-Commerce
By Darren Yates
Do you even know what M-Commerce is?
Well you better learn fast. Predictions in Europe for M-Commerce, the second largest market behind Asia, are for a spend of €7.4 Billion in 2006 that’s over $8 Billion. That’s twice the predicted spend of traditional web services!
So what is M-Commerce?
It’s very simple, mobile / cell phone […]
