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- cFosSpeed 5.0 (Windows)
- Internet Acceleration with Traffic Shaping and bandwidth management. Ping optimizer plus packet prioritization. Maximum Download and Minimum Ping. For DSL, ADSL, VDSL, Cable, Modem, ISDN, Mobile (GSM, GPRS, HSCSD, UMTS, HSDPA), Filesharing (P2P), Online Games, VoIP, Streaming Media and Tuning. Version 4.50 build 1456 adds new skin: "LC History", adds...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services
- Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services35 Mb/sTechnically, maybe. However, it's only available as part of a television bundle and it costs a bundle. The bandwidth available to non-television communications is at most 20 Mb/s and the price is several times what plain ADSL costs for...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services
- Qwest plans to roll out integrated home services where it ties its services in with those from its partners such as MSN and DirecTV in a move enabled by a thin layer of software, according to Qwest CTO Pieter Poll. Poll right talked about Qwest's broadband strategy...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Okoker Internet Accelerator 4.5 (Windows)
- Okoker Internet Accelerator is a Internet toolkit, which accelerates your connection speed. You can easily optimize your windows settings and can get a very fast Internet or TCP/IP connection. Only you need to do is to go to Settings Dialog and select your connection type. Then it will optimize your...
- Software downloads 2008-06-26
- 53 mln IPTV subscribers by 2009
- Worldwide IPTV service revenue will skyrocket to over $44 bln in 2009, according to Infonetics Research. DSL providers account for the bulk of service revenue now, but cable broadband providers will also migrate to all-IP triple-play services in the next few years, possibly offering wireless services as well.Service providers anticipate...
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- Verizon testing 7mbps DSL
- Verizon testing 7mbps DSLGuess what Korea has...20 MBps for $14.92Hrmm... I tink someone is bein lipped off.VDSL is much betterQWest is trying out VDSL in Colorado and I had it for about a month.The service is great and so far 100% stable. It has the capability of supporting real speeds...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-23
- VDSL chip shipments to reach 40-60 mln by 2009
- In-Stat believes the market for chips for very-high-data-rate digital subscriber VDSL lines will grow from 6.4 mln chips shipped in 2004 to between 40-60 mln in 2009. That means the market will grow from around $100 mln in 2004 to a multibillion-dollar business.
- Blog posts 2005-07-19
- Will computing flow like electricity?
- Will computing flow like electricity?Is there a single example where grid is used?A recent study of major pharmaceuticals has shown almost no interest in grid. Everyone keeps blaming culture, but ignore the technical difficulties of grid. On an economic front, does it make sense to save a million...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- e! My'Net'Assistant 6.10 (Windows)
- E! My'Net'Assisatant is software that can be used to optimize the performance of the network and maintain the Internet security. E! My'Net'Assisatant general features: Internet accelerator and optimize network settings. It can optimize your connection automatically or you may optimize your connection manually. It supports all popular connection types: dial-up...
- Software downloads 2005-05-24
- Why South Korea out-networks U.S.
- Why South Korea out-networks U.S.In my opinion, the primary driving force is...I'm a Korean college student in EE department. For a just few years, Seoul has become seriously wired! A guy without a cellular phone is treated as such an outlandish and primitive man whom I have not...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-25
- Study: VDSL to grow as ADSL stalls
- Study: VDSL to grow as ADSL stallsJapan's internet isn't all that...I get tired of people talking/bragging about how fast the internet is in Japan. While it's true their system runs faster, it is also true that lost connections, lost packets, and general connection problems are constant everyday problems we...
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- 20.8 mln DLC ports shipped in 2003
- Digital Loop Carriers DLCs are evolving to support new services in the access network and provide new functionalities for improved cost efficiencies for service providers, according to In-Stat/MDR. As more service providers are planning to offer triple-play services of voice, data, and video, DLC vendors are offering products that will...
- Blog posts 2004-09-25
- Understanding xDSL
- xDSL is a term for Broadband Access technologies based on Digital Subscriber Line DSL technology; "x" signifies that there are various flavors of DSL. xDSL provides always-on, high-speed data services over existing copper wires to residential and business subscribers. With this technology, POTS and DSL coexist on same copper line....
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Think DSL's fast? Watch VDSL
- Think DSL's fast? Watch VDSLSweet VDSL SWEET!!!!From 1997 to 2001 I ahd VDSL when I lived in Phoenix, Arizona. It cost $44.99 per month, and it was the sweetest conn I even had. I was basically a gaming server when I played RS on line, hosting 16 players without lag....
- Discussion threads 2004-03-12
- Cable joins broadband price war
- Cable joins broadband price warCharter TNHere in East TN, Charter just changed to 2 tiers instead of 3 or 4. Unfortunately, UPLOAD is still at 128kbps. Although I understand the reason behind it (they don't want customers putting up servers), why should they care WHAT I do with the banwidth...
- Discussion threads 2003-11-12
- In-Stat/MDR: DSL IC Market Rebounding, Shifting to VDSL
- The market for DSL ICs rebounded, in terms of portshipments, in 2002, after a difficult 2001 that was characterized by anexcess of inventory in the face of slower overall deployment of ADSLthan had originally been expected at the height of the of telecom"bubble" in 2000. The high-tech market research firm...
- Blog posts 2003-10-12
- Telecommunication Services
- The market for domestic telecommunication services has been rapidly progressing toward integration of voice and data, wired and wireless services. Moreover, the beginning of new services such as Metro Ethernet, VDSL and others are expected to make competition even stronger. The government is pursuing five major political projects to establish...
- White papers 2003-02-10
- DSL Variations
- Compared to the standard modem speed of 56 kilobits per second Kbps, and the ISDN combined channel speed of 128 Kbps, it is obvious that DSL is the fastest and most cost-effective solution. But what are the differences between DSL, SDSL, ADSL, RADSL, VDSL and so forth? This white paper...
- White papers 2001-05-01
- Digital Subscriber Line (Background)
- Digital Subscriber Line DSL technology is a modem technology that uses existing twisted-pair telephone lines to transport high-bandwidth data, such as multimedia and video, to service subscribers. The term xDSL covers a number of similar yet competing forms of DSL, including ADSL, SDSL, HDSL, RADSL, and VDSL. xDSL is drawing...
- White papers 1999-06-17
- Protecting the Robustness of ADSL and VDSL DMT Modems When Applying DSM
- When transmitting data over an ADSL or VDSL link, performance is very important. In order to improve the bit rate that can be achieved over the copper link, a lot of techniques like power backoff PBO and dynamic spectrum management DSM focus on the crosstalk and try to operate with...
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